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Restaurante El Verdejo

Dear guest, Restaurante El Verdejo opened its doors in 2005 by the hand of a professional with a vocation and familiarity in the field of catering, Dani Romero (owner).The quality of the products, the personalized service and the careful preparation of their dishes are the main axes of El Verdejo. It is located in the El Sol urbanization on the Salobreña promenade, the restaurant is distinguished by its comfort and elegance without artifice, an ideal and intimate place to enjoy the pleasant atmosphere...

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Steakhouse Tropical "Restaurante Carne a la piedra"

Dear guest, Steakhouse Tropical "Restaurante carne a la piedra" is a restaurant located in the Granada town of Salobreña. Their specialty is meat.The particularity of this restaurant is that the guest cooks the meat at the stone on his own table.In this restaurant they will offer you a tasty entrecote. Many guests come to try its well-crafted Catalan cream and its well-prepared apple pie. This steak restaurant offers among its drinks a good red wine, spectacular liquor and an irresistible white wine....

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La Palma fruit and vegetable cooperative
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La Palma fruit and vegetable cooperative

Dear guest, the Cooperative de La Palma de Carchuna (Motril) is a 46-year-old fruit and vegetable cooperative characterized by housing one of the most technified and productive greenhouse areas in Spain.The roots of La Palma, as it is known locally, was found in a settlement town built in the late sixties in Carchuna, near Motril, within the framework of the Franco regime's hydraulic policy. There a town with a hundred houses was built, with its schools, crafts, a market and a church. The project...

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Postres típicos de Antequera y el mollete de Antequera
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Postres típicos de Antequera y el mollete de Antequera

Querido huésped, como ya sabe por una publicación anterior, Antequera es una localidad de la provincia de Málaga situada al norte de la provincia. Tiene unos 42.000 habitantes. A continuación vamos a hablar de los postres más típicos y también del mollete, producto por el que se conoce a Antequera en toda España.AlfajoresEl alfajor es un dulce de la repostería española, es una variedad de dulce típicamente navideño, propio de la cocina andaluza. Suele estar realizado a partir de una pasta...

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Torta real: a delicious dessert
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Torta real: a delicious dessert

Dear guest, the Costa Tropical of Granada is one of the least crowded places on the southern coast of Spain even in high season, despite having all the ingredients to become the next fashionable destination. Good weather all year round, wide cultural offer, kilometers and kilometers of beach, location less than an hour away from major points of interest (the Alhambra, Sierra Nevada, Malaga ...) and delicious cuisine, the result of the mix Arab past and western present. A clear example of this...

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The mango of Motril
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5 years ago

The mango of Motril

Dear guest, the mango is an exquisite tropical fruit that is produced at the highest level on the Costa Tropical of Granada. They know a lot about this at "Mangos del Cielo", a family business from Motril that has been producing excellent quality mangoes for 25 years and which were pioneers in marketing their products through online shopping.Nowadays they also produce tropical fruits such as cherimoya, avocados ...Located in the heart of the Costa Tropical is the Finca el Portichuelo. This is how...

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Platos típicos de las fiestas navideñas en España
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Platos típicos de las fiestas navideñas en España

Querido huésped, cada comunidad autónoma tiene sus propias tradiciones, muchas de ellas centenarias y con recetas que han pasado de generación en generación. Éstas son algunas de ellas, así como los mejores restaurantes donde saborear los platos más exquisitos para estas Navidades.Sopa de picadillo (Andalucía)Nada mejor para empezar una comida o cena navideña que un entrante ligero y bien caliente. La sopa de picadillo es uno de los platos más típicos de Andalucía durante estas fechas,...

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Why do Spanish people eat 12 grapes in New Year’s Eve?
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Why do Spanish people eat 12 grapes in New Year’s Eve?

Dear guest, the twelve grapes or grapes of luck is the tradition of eating twelve grapes, one for each stroke, at 12 pm from December 31 (New Year's Eve) to January 1, because it supposedly brings good luck for the new year.There are several theories about the beginning of the tradition of eating twelve grapes on New Year's Eve in Spain, but two are the most powerful: the first theory says that the tradition of eating the 12 grapes at midnight on New Year's Eve was originated in 1909, due to an excess...

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Origin and types of paella
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Origin and types of paella

Paella emerged in the rural areas of Valencia between the 15th and 16th centuries, due to the need of peasants and shepherds for an easy meal to prepare and with the ingredients they had on hand in the field. In its origins the ingredients of the paella were, poultries, the field rabbit or hare, the fresh vegetables that were available, rice, saffron and olive oil that were mixed in the paella with the water.It is possible that 'paella' is an Arabic word because rice was brought to Spain by the páramos...

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Avocados filled with prawns: unique explosion of flavors
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Avocados filled with prawns: unique explosion of flavors

Dear guest, when you come to the Costa Tropical you obviously want to try dishes with explosive flavors. Shrimp-stuffed avocados won't disappoint. It is a tropical dish, tasty with an explosive mix of flavors that will make you try to cook this dish more than once, I assure you that. Let's go with the recipe:Ingredients for 4 people• 4 ripe avocados• 20 frozen prawns• ½ grapefruit, peeled and cut into wedges• 5 onions in vinegar• 4 sticks of surimi• 100 g of arugula leaves• Salt and...

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Restaurante El Peñón: good food and stunning views
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Restaurante El Peñón: good food and stunning views

Dear guest, Restaurante El Peñón was founded in 1954, when fishermen from Salobreña and La Caleta fished near the beach with small boats and sold fish on the same shore.When they finished they made some skewers on the beach to eat, and that was when the owner came up with the idea of ​​setting up a small "chambao", that is, the summer closing system, partial or total, of a terrace, patio or any other type of enclosure normally open and exposed to the excessive hot sun of the region, to sell...

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Quisquillas of Motril: an extraordinary delicacy
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5 years ago

Quisquillas of Motril: an extraordinary delicacy

Dear guest, the Quisquillas of Motril is part of the culture of this area. It is a product with a designation of origin, and an extraordinary quality. Next I will show you how to cook it so that it comes out exquisite.Ingredients•    Salt•    1 bay leaf•    Water•    IcePreparation1. In a pot, heat abundant water and the bay leaf over the fire.2. While the water starts to boil we are going to prepare a bowl with water and salt. We stir until the complete...

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