Eat the best of Christmas in Valencia
What does Christmas in Valencia taste like? It tastes like recipes made with the finest local products found in our Municipal markets and, most of all, it tastes of Mediterranean. But what are the typical Christmas dishes in Valencia?
Well, for starters, traditionally we select products from our waters, like prawn and shrimp, which are combined with ham and cheeses from our land.
For the main dish, our star recipes are made with fish from the Mediterranean. These dishes include suquet de peix, all i pebre and zarzuela, which are made with eels and other fish, such as mullet and monkfish, often combined with shellfish. It is also normal to serve a nice roasted lamb or turkey with dried apricots, raisins, apples and plums. But a must-have dish is the traditional stew made with meat and chickpeas, which in Valencia always includes pilota, a delicious type of meatball.
And for dessert, you can look forward to sweet potato pie, turrón, sugared almonds and on the Epiphany, a large, ring-shaped sweet bread is a staple in any home.
And it’s all washed down with wines and cavas from Valencia.
So the big question then is: at home or in a restaurant? Each family does its own thing, but the list of Valencian restaurants in which to enjoy Christmas is long.
