When we listen to Mallorca, regardless of whether we are in the country that we are throughout the globe, anyone imagines beaches, coves, turquoise waters, splendid sun, mountains, history, traditions… and that’s right, no one is wrong with these first perceptions. And it is that these and many other tourist attractions are what help the island to hang up the poster year after year, and not only in the summer months, but reaching the so-called “high season” to more than half of the year.
Undoubtedly, there are more reasons to take into account to visit the wonderful island of Mallorca, but in the search for new experiences, the tourist, both national and international, as well as the local, we have to attend to the increasingly practiced gastronomic tourism , which not only leads to visits and experiences around food, but also extends to other very close worlds such as wine, oil, the search for learning about livestock and agriculture, and many other pleasures that gastronomy has in store for us. And for this, we have to talk about the gastronomy of Mallorca. One of its strong points, with an extensive registry that is not known by all its visitors.
And that is why speaking of the gastronomy of Mallorca is to speak directly of its traditions, its people and its most popular dishes transmitted generation after generation. We cannot think of a better way to visit and get to know a territory in depth than this one that guides us through its most iconic dishes.
To make a brief summary of everything that we will find on the island, we begin with its abundant coasts where many species are caught and that in the restaurants of the coastal areas they turn into exquisite fish dishes where the product and its fresh flavors are respected and 100% original. Entering its interior, we will enjoy its abundant lamb, kid, farm animals, and many other delicacies. How not to mention its abundant groves of almond, olive, lemon, orange, apricot trees such as Porreres, or the extensive vineyards that supply the multitude of wineries that we find throughout the island under different denominations or seals of origin that make wine tourism a special attraction in Mallorca.
With regard to traditional dishes, we can highlight fresh summer dishes such as trempó, a fresh vegetable salad from the land, its famous Pa amb olí accompanied by traditional sausages such as sobrasada or others not so well known in more distant territories such as camaiot or the botifarró and that from here we recommend you not to stop trying (and enjoying). Other dishes such as fried Majorcan, cuttlefish pica pica, brut rice, Majorcan soups or the desired vintage noodles, will delight those who enjoy a hearty dish.
In the sweet section, it is mandatory to start with the well-known ensaimada and its different versions, from the “smooth” or without filling, to the multitudes of fillings that we can see today in each of the delicious bakeries and pastry shops that we find in All the island. We cannot forget in these lines the gató de almonds, an exquisite cake with this very Majorcan fruit, the apricot coca, the “greixonera de brossat” (cottage cheese cake) or the Valldemossa potato cakes that we can well accompany with a milk of almonds or with its granita version.
And well, far from it we have named everything that we can enjoy on the island of Mallorca, but if we can appreciate that touring its entire length in search of the best delicacies as well as its most deeply rooted gastronomic customs, is a good reason to visit Mallorca .
Origenes Spanish Kitchen in Mallorca
For all these reasons, at Orígenes Kitchen we seek to transmit these gastronomic traditions, as well as Mediterranean cuisine in general, to each event in which you need to make food an essential element. We can serve you in your home, villa, yacht, farmhouses throughout the island of Mallorca, or collaborate with companies on the island in which we can merge their products with our cuisine. Whatever your goal is, you can get to know the gastronomy of the area with our private chef services at home, catering and cooking courses where we will prepare the most iconic dishes together.