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ttoro

[Basque]

A stew of Atlantic fish, Dublin Bay prawns and mussels, with onions, tomatoes and garlic. A traditional dish of Pays Basque.

txakoli

[Basque] plural vinhos verdes

Fresh, light, fruity dry wines in the style of vinho verde and made from unripened grapes: faintly sparkling and acid in taste, it is very refreshing and has a low alcohol content. Should be drunk young and chilled.

txamar

[Basque] plural txamarra

Velvet swimming crab. One of the largest of the swimming crabs. A small spider crab with sweet, flaky white flesh. It has good flavour but is too small to pick, so is used in soups.

txangurro

/shahn-GOO-roh/
[Basque] plural txangurroa

A Basque name for a spider crab. This is a crab with little meat but what it has is well-flavoured. It has a large, oval spiked body and long, thin spidery legs, hence its name.

txardiña

[Basque]

Sardine

txelba

[Basque]

Dentex. A large and versatile type of sea bream with good flavour.

txelba hortzandia

[Basque]

Dentex. A large and versatile type of sea bream with good flavour.

txelba urraburda

[Basque]

Gilt-headed bream. Regarded as the best of the sea bream.

txibia

[Basque]

Squid

txibia erraldoia

[Basque]

Giant squid. Not edible really. In fact, more likely to eat you!