The food of Valencia
8 dishes tied to Valencia, Spain: born there, or made its own.
Paella
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreRice cooked with meat, seafood or vegetables in a wide shallow pan from Valencia
Main dish, Lunch
Pa amb tomàquetVegan
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreBread rubbed with tomato, olive oil and salt, central to Catalan food culture
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Buñuelo
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreCrisp or fluffy fried dough, sweet or savory, enjoyed across Spain and Latin America
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Breakfast
Arròs negreFish or seafood
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreRice cooked with squid ink, cuttlefish or squid, and seafood broth
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
EscalivadaVegan
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreCharred eggplant, peppers and other vegetables dressed with olive oil
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Coca
🇪🇸 Spain and 3 moreCatalan pastry with sweet or savoury toppings, eaten open or filled
Pie or savoury pastry
Mona de PascuaVegetarian
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreA sweet cake with eggs, given at Easter in Catalonia, Valencia and Murcia
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
XuixoVegetarian
🇪🇸 SpainDeep-fried Catalan pastry filled with crema catalana and rolled in sugar
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Tea time
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pa amb tomàquet: Mutari, Public domain, source
- Paella: Jebulon, CC0, source
- Coca: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arròs negre: Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2, source
- Escalivada: Emi Yañez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Buñuelo: Klenje, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mona de Pascua: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Xuixo: Cangur, Public domain, source