It is a land of travellers and exchange, where relationships are formed and culture and customs interchanged.
If you´re a pilgrim, enjoying the Saint James Way, discovering an original and different way of sightseeing in northern Spain, you´ll be in La Rioja. Find out wealth monuments, charming towns and villages, espectacular natural attractions,… and enjoy its gastronomy.
La Rioja cuisine is simple and uses the top quality products found in the region. The popular agricultural tradition of the area provides the cuisine with a great variety of local vegetables and pulses: peppers, garlic, onions, artichokes, asparagus, lettuce, chard, borage… What visitor to La Rioja can resist tasting its great stews, made with fava beans or «caparrón» beans. These dishes are unique and use beans which have not been completely dried. As a result, the beans conserve their natural flavour and absorb the flavour of the quail or spicy sausage with which they are cooked.
Gastronomía
It is a land of travellers and exchange, where relationships are formed and culture and customs interchanged.
If you´re a pilgrim, enjoying the Saint James Way, discovering an original and different way of sightseeing in northern Spain, you´ll be in La Rioja. Find out wealth monuments, charming towns and villages, espectacular natural attractions,… and enjoy its gastronomy.
La Rioja cuisine is simple and uses the top quality products found in the region. The popular agricultural tradition of the area provides the cuisine with a great variety of local vegetables and pulses: peppers, garlic, onions, artichokes, asparagus, lettuce, chard, borage… What visitor to La Rioja can resist tasting its great stews, made with fava beans or «caparrón» beans. These dishes are unique and use beans which have not been completely dried. As a result, the beans conserve their natural flavour and absorb the flavour of the quail or spicy sausage with which they are cooked.
Para los hispanoparlantes:
La más pequeña de las Comunidades Autónomas de España (5.045 km2), limita con el País Vasco al norte (provincia de Álava), Navarra al noreste, Aragón al sureste (provincia de Zaragoza) y Castilla y León al oeste y al sur (provincias de Burgos y Soria). Es también la de menor población (320.000 habitantes) de España.
Es el lugar donde nací y tras 27 años de conocer mundo, en el que vivo.
Famosa por sus vinos y por ser la cuna del castellano, ha sido siempre encrucijada de caminos, límite de reinos, paso obligado del Camino de Santiago,… Probablemente por ello, el carácter de su gente es abierto y encantado de disfrutar de todos los placeres que la vida les depara. Son buenos comedores y mejores bebedores.
Tradicionalmente han tenido que emigrar a regiones limítrofes, pero siempre manteniendo la identidad propia.Si tenéis ocasión no podéis perderos unas chuletillas al sarmiento, unas patatas con chorizo o unos caparrones. Son los buques insignia de la cocina riojana.
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