| Mallorca gives forth rich and tasty vegetables, like | | | | their natural juices. Enjoy a trempó with a |
| aubergines, potatoes and tomatoes, thanks to the | | | | generous slice of Mallorcan bread, the best bit is to |
| island's favourable climate and its rich soil. More than | | | | lap up all the juices! |
| 1000 hectares of land on Mallorca are planted with a | | | | Tumbet is a delicious dish which combines potatoes, |
| variety of different tomatoes. Tomates de 'Ramallet' | | | | aubergines, green peppers, tomato and garlic. The |
| are especially rich in pulp and can be kept for long | | | | vegetables are fried in olive oil, stacked on top of |
| periods of time hanging in a kitchen, ready for use on | | | | each other and then covered with tomatoe sauce. |
| a 'pa amb oli'. Mallorca's vegetables are the main | | | | Served warm or cold, this dish is quite laborious to |
| ingredients for some of the most emblematic of | | | | prepare and extremely tasty. |
| Mallorcan dishes. | | | | Coca de verduras, a thin pastry covered in delicious |
| Sopes Mallorquines, can be translated as 'Mallorcan | | | | red and green peppers, tomatoes, onions, parsley |
| soups' but is not a soup at all. Very much a poor | | | | and garlic. Can also be called a Coca de |
| man's dish, Sopes are created using left over scraps | | | | Trempó in which case it will come covered |
| of Mallorcan bread and soaking them in a mixture of | | | | with all the vegetables from a trempó salad. |
| cabbage, cauliflower, leeks and generally any other | | | | And of course.. |
| green vegetables in season. Lots of garlic and some | | | | Pa amb oli. Literally translated as 'bread with oil', this |
| 'Ramallet' tomatoes for flavour, make this dish a | | | | dish is a Mallorcan classic which can be served in a |
| tasty and filling meal, perfect for winter days by a | | | | variety of ways; with cheese, cold meats, garlic or |
| fire in a Mallorcan celler. | | | | capers. What is the big deal about Pa amb Oli? Well |
| Trempo is the Mallorcan salad par excellence. No | | | | the big deal is the ingredients! Absolutely essential for |
| Mallorcan summer lunch will be without a Trempo. | | | | the creation of an authentic pa amb oli is the |
| The idea is to use all the island's tasty summer | | | | Mallorcan bread, Mallorcan olive oil, and the star of the |
| vegetables, juicy red tomatoes, white onions, and | | | | dish is the 'tomates de ramallet', the special Mallorcan |
| small light green peppers, chop them all up nice and | | | | tomates which are so full of pulp it is easy to rub |
| small and add a pinch of sugar and a drop of water | | | | them across the bread making for a fantastic tomato |
| to encourage all the vegetables to ooze out some of | | | | spread. |