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small toasted pieces of bread (crumbs) with olive oil, garlic and bacon, mainly. Paella. Valencia. rice dish. a saffron rice dish traditionally made with chicken, rabbit, and butter beans (Paella Valenciana). Patatas bravas ("fierce potatoes") Madrid. potato dish. cube-shaped fries with salsa brava, a spicy sauce.
Representation of a Mexican kitchen; in front are Mexican food and spices, while in the background there are typical utensils. Pozole is a traditional soup or stew from Mexico. The Spanish invasion of the Aztec Empire occurred in the 16th century.
The arrival of Europeans in the Americas in 1492 initiated the advent of new culinary elements, such as tomatoes, potatoes, maize, bell peppers, spicy peppers, paprika, vanilla and cocoa, or chocolate. Spain was where chocolate was first mixed with sugar to temper its natural bitterness.
Mexican cuisine [ 5 ] is a complex and ancient cuisine, with techniques and skills developed over thousands of years of history. [ 6 ] It is created mostly with ingredients native to Mexico, as well as those brought over by the Spanish conquistadors, with some new influences since then.
Latin American cuisine is the typical foods, beverages, and cooking styles common to many of the countries and cultures in Latin America. Latin America is a highly racially, ethnically, and geographically diverse with varying cuisines. Some items typical of Latin American cuisine include maize -based dishes arepas, empanadas, pupusas, tacos ...
Carcamusa. Beef stew, usually with potatoes, vegetables and chilli sauce. Chopitos. Battered and fried tiny squid, also known as puntillitas. Cojonuda. A small toast with Spanish morcilla topped with a fried quail egg, and sometimes served with a little strip of red, spicy pepper.
Gazpachuelo – Spanish soup. Lobster stew – Various stews involving lobster. Olla podrida – Spanish stew made with chickpeas and beans. Ollada. Piperade – Basque vegetable dish. Pisto – Spanish dish. Porra antequerana – Andalusian soup. Salmorejo – Traditional soup from Andalusia, Spain.
Creole cuisine. Ceviche is a representative dish of the Creole cuisine in different coastal regions in Latin America. Creole cuisine (French: cuisine créole; Portuguese: culinária crioula; Spanish: cocina criolla) is a cuisine style born in colonial times, from the fusion between African, European and pre-Columbian traditions.