Catalan gastronomy may be unknown for many people but now is the moment to discover what this culture has to offer. Calçots are very typical and this article depicts the way catalan people gather to eat this gastronomic piece.

1. Holiday Rentals Costa Dorada: “Calçotada” time!
There are a lot of traditions in Catalonia, and if you are thinking to get your ​holiday rentals
Costa Dorada​ you definitely have to know them. In this article we are going to introduce you a
very typical Catalan dish called calçots (you can also know it as spring onions).
Spring onions are tender, white and sweet onions that are the protagonist of a very special
Catalan celebration: la calçotada, which is a traditional festival in which this vegetable cooked
over live fire grilles. It is believed that the tradition of calçotadas born in the valley of Valls
(Tarragona) in the late nineteenth century and since then has not stopped celebrating.
The inventor of the calçot tradition was a farmer from Valls (Tarragona) called Xat de
Benaiges. He did so in the late nineteenth century. The calçot out of each of the shackles of
white onions, specially grown to be cooked flame. Calçot cultivation begins when the white
onion seed is sown.Then it is stored out off the ground some time and after that it is replanted
again so that only half of it remains buried. As the plant grows you have to put some ground
surrounding it. This is what farmers call "calçar", like the calçot name. Calçots are preferably
harvested between November and April.
From the early twentieth century calçotada became a regular meal for many vallenses (people
from Valls) families during the holidays. It is very typical to go to a farmhouse or traditional

2. restaurant to eat calçots (at the end of the article we will recommend you some good places
to eat calçots during your ​holiday rentals Costa Dorada​ with ​Arenda Costa Dorada​).
According to tradition, calçots are meant to be eaten with your hands, separating the first
layer (which is charred). It is normal to wear a bib from your neck to your knees to avoid
staining. Spring onions served in a clay tile and wrapped in newspaper to retain their heat.
Usually calçots are eaten accompanied by the romesco sauce typical of Catalonia, but more
specifically of Tarragona. The sauce ingredients are:
Tomatoes and garlic (preferably roasted in a wood oven), bread, pestle, garlic and a paste of
almonds and toasted hazelnuts (although there are recipes that omit the nuts in case you are
allergic to it). You also add some dried red peppers. The originals are called "goat horn",
which are roasted fair to crystallize as otherwise they go bitter.Dressing: rosemary, olive oil,
vinegar, salt and pepper.
I guess now you will be hungry… Don’t panic! Book your ​holiday rentals Costa Dorada​ with
Arenda Costa Dorada​ and enjoy this fantastic catalan tradition. We recommend you these
great restaurants where you can taste the best calçots:​Cal Ganxo​, ​Masía Bou​ o Restaurant
La Bòbila.