Galician gastronomy

GALICIAN GASTRONOMY

by Paola Abalo, Elena Bouza, Carmen Gallego and Xurxo Varela

​Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

​Galician gastronomy is very varied. It's healthy and balanced. We love it!!!!

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​Now, we are going to show you some typical meals of our region.

Enjoy it!!!

​GALICIAN OCTOPUS

​POLBO Á GALEGA / POLBO Á FEIRA

​Polbo á feira is the name of, probably, our most famous food.

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​It's elaborated with octopus slices, olive oil and paprika. Traditionally, it's served on a wood plate.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct answer about Galician octopus (Polbo á feira)?

• It can be yellow

• Normally it is accompanied by chips

• Traditionally, people hit the octopus before cooking it

• It's boiled on sea water

​GALICIAN PIE

​EMPANADA GALEGA

​It's one of the most famous meals in Galicia. It's like galician pizza. It's elaborated with dough and filled with a giant variety of ingredientes. Most famous are tuna, meat, bacon, codfish, ham...

Multiple Choice

In Galicia there are a LOT of gastronomy parties! One of the most famous parties are Empanada's party. It's celebrated in various galician towns. In what place do you think that this party is done?

• On a boat on the river

• On a disco

• Into our houses

• At open air, in the forest.

​CALDO GALEGO

​GALICIAN SOUP

It's the most healing plate on the world. If you eat it, you are able to cure all your illness!

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​It's cooked with beans, chorizo, vegetables (nabiza, grelo or cabbage) boiled on a cooking pot.

Multiple Choice

Grelos is a typical galician vegetable. It's very healthy. What image corresponds to grelos?

​PORK WITH GRELOS

​LACÓN CON GRELOS

It's a plate formed by cachelos (the name for boiled potatoes), chourizo (chorizo), grelos (vegetables) and lacón (lacon). It's covered with olive oil.

SEAFOOD​

​Galician is known for its seafood. It's so typical here! Some examples of typical seafood are:

​- Barnacles (percebes)

​- Crabs (nécores)

​- Spider crabs (centolas)

​- Mussels (mexilóns)

​- Clams (ameixas)

​- Scallops (vieiras)

Multiple Choice

When you eat barnacles (percebes), the eadible part with we suck is...

• The barnacle's tail

• The barnacle's penis

• The barnacle's legs

• The barnacle's body

​QUEIMADA

​QUEIMADA

​Alcoholic drink elaborated in Galicia to eat after dinner, at midnight.

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​In this link you can see the Queimada recipe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5Fa10N3Z8&ab_channel=V%C3%ADdeosBos

Multiple Choice

While we are drinking Queimada, traditionally...

• We dance a muiñeira, traditional galician dance

• We kiss and hug one another

• We recite an incantation that is called conxuro

• We put coins on the queimada, like Fontana di Trevi

Multiple Choice

Normally, where we keep Licorca (the common name for coffee liquor here) in our houses?

• In the fridge

• In the freezer

• In the storehouse

• In the microwave

​PEMENTOS DE PADRÓN

​PADRON PEPPERS

Chilli on Mexico... and Padron peppers on Galicia!

​It's our most famous peppers. The way to cook it is so simply: put them on a pan with olive oil and fried it. When you finish, put salt above them and enjoy the meal!

Multiple Choice

Pimientos of PADRÓN. Why Padrón?

• Means 'the best peppers' in galician language

• Padrón is the original town of Padrón peppers.

• It's invented by Leonardo di Padroni

​LICOR CAFÉ

​COFFEE LIQUOR

​It's other famous alcoholic drink. It's so strong! If you drink more than you must, you'll get drunk.

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​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smvzFu20rt8&ab_channel=GaliciaExquisita (elaboration process)

​FILLOAS

​GALICIAN CREPES

​It's our most famous dessert. Filloas are like galician crepes.

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Multiple Choice

Filloas can be eaten all the year, but it's common to cook it on a special date. What?

• Carnival (Entroido)

• Christmas (Nadal)

• Halloween (Samaín)

• Easter (Pascua)

​TARTA DE SANTIAGO

​SANTIAGO'S CAKE

​Santiago's cake it's a typical dessert of the capital of our region, Santiago de Compostela.

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​It's cooked with eggs, sugar, lemon zest, cinnamon and a little of schnapps.

Multiple Choice

Santiago's cake is also recognized for this shield that seems like a cross. What it means?

• It's a sword that simbolize the object with we cut the cake

• It's a traditional galician symbol that seems peace

• It's the cross of Santiago's apostle.

Open Ended

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUR GASTRONOMY?

WHAT MEAL DO YOU WANT TO TRY?

TELL US!!

ATA LOGO! A PRESTO! SEE YOU SOON!

​THANK YOU! GRAZIE MILLE!

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​Paola Abalo

​Elena Bouza

​Carmen Gallego

​Xurxo Varela