A Catalan sausage which is cured in sugar, flavoured with lemon and cinnamon. On the rare occasions when it is found it can be served either as an appetiser or as a dessert.
A Catalan sausage which is cured in sugar, flavoured with lemon and cinnamon. On the rare occasions when it is found it can be served either as an appetiser or as a dessert.
A large meat patty made with minced (US: ground) beef and salt pork, chillis, onions, sweet peppers, coriander (US: cilantro) and oregano.
Big-scale atherine. A type of atherine similar to the sand smelt. A marine fish, usually deep-fried, it is a small, silvery fish similar to the argentine. When tiny it is treated in the same way as whitebait. This fish grows up to 12 cm.
Grey mullet.A silver, shoal-living fish pointed with dark grey which feeds on seaweed and plankton near the muddy bottom in estuaries and coastal waters. This can effect its flavour. However, a good grey mullet (US: striped mullet), caught in clean water, is round-bodied and has creamy white flesh and good flavour with good keeping capabilities. It must be thoroughly scaled before eating. Varieties are found all over the world. The roe is used for taramasalata, botargo, boutargue.
