Typical Basque meals presentation for the mobility in Belgium February 2012

1. OUR TYPICAL
MEALS
By: Bittor Herrero
Asier Pagola
Oihan Lujanbio

2. BREAKFAST

3. For breakfast, we ususually have
a glass of milk with cereal and
biscuits. We also eat fruit and
drink orange juice. We think our
diet is healthy!

4. LUNCH

5. FIRST COURSE
• We usually eat salad and vegetables. This is because we like to eat
a light first course. There are a lot of different salads: tomato salad,
lettuce salad, mixed salad… Another typical dish are the red beans,
usually served with blood cake and vegetables. Menestra, which is
formed by different vegetables, is another dish Basques eat a lot.

6. MAIN COURSE
• After the first course, we normally eat
meat, specially steak. This course is
heavier than the first one. We usually
eat steak with salad, chips or mashed
potatoes.
• We also eat a lot of fish in the Basque
Country, and we have a very wide
variety . Although we like to eat
different types of fishes, the most
important ones are cod and hake.

7. DESSERT
• For dessert, we have many different
dishes: “mamilla”, which is a kind of milk
curd, cheese with nuts or quince, “flan”,
that is a special pudding with caramel.

8. DINNER

9. FIRST COURSE
• For the first course, we eat different
meals: rice with tomato sauce, soup,
salad...

10. MAIN COURSE
• After the first course, we normally eat
“tortilla”, Spanish omelette, which is
cooked with eggs and potatoes.

11. DESSERT
• For dessert, we have a varied choice: fruit, yogurt, different cakes…
There's a special cake called “pantxineta” which is made off nuts
and cream. Walnuts are also eaten very often , specially in the
ciderhouses and other restaurants.

12. TYPICAL AND FAMOUS RESTAURANTS

13. “ARGUIÑANO” RESTAURANT
• This restaurant is one of the most
famous, most expensive and best
restaurants in Guipuzcoa.
• It is located in Zarautz, where the
owner of the restaurant, Karlos
Arguiñano, lives.
“ARZAK” RESTAURANT
This restaurant is one of the best restaurants in
the Basque Country.
It is located in San Sebastian, the capital of
Guipizcoa, near our town.
The restaurant received 3 Michelin stars in 1989,
a very prestigious award.

14. “MUGARITZ” RESTAURANT
• This is a restaurant in Errenteria,
Gipuzkoa with 2 Michelin stars.
• Mugaritz Was voted 4th best
restaurant in the world by Restaurant
Magazine in 2008.
• The name of the restaurant is from
“muga eta haritza”, which means “the
oak at the border” in Basque.
“BERASATEGI” RESTAURANT
The restaurant has 3 Michelin stars,
and was voted 29th best restaurant in
the world by Restaurant Magazine in
2008
The owner of the restaurant, Martin
Berasategi, is one of the best chefs in
the Basque Country.

15. “ZUBEROA” RESTAURANT
• Zuberoa is a restaurant that follows
its own philosophy, and works on an
exceptional the best ingredients to
create a form of expressing the best
traditional dishes.
• Restaurant is located in one of the most
ancient villages Oiartzun, and its walls
have beenfaithful witness to
the passage of more than six hundred
years. In it you can find an exquisite
decoration, both in main room, and in
their private dining rooms and terrace.
“AKELARRE” RESTAURANT
Restaurante Akelaŕe is brought to you by Pedro
Subijana and his highly efficient team of
professionals. All dedicate their deep-felt passion
to ensuring that you take away the best possible
memories of your visit from start to finish thanks
to a perfect gastronomic experience and the
exquisite ritual of the service that goes with it.

16. CIDERHOUSES OR “SAGARDOTEGIS”
• The ciderhouses are typical
basque restaurants where
people eat traditional food and
drink cider.
• The cider of each ciderhouse
is made by the family that
owns the ciderhouse.
• These places are cold, big and
noisy, because there are
usually a lot of people.
• People can go and take cider
out of the barrel when they
want.

17. CIDERHOUSES: MENUS
• First course: we usually eat
“bakaillo tortilla”, a dish made
off eggs and cod.
• Main course: the traditional
and the most famous dish in
the ciderhouses is the
“txuleta”, steak served with
fried potatoes.
• Dessert: for dessert, we
normally eat cheese with
walnuts.

18. “Pintxos”
• The “Pintxos” are typical
Basque snacks, which
are served in lots of
restaurants or bars.
• There are a lot of
different “Pintxos”,
because they can be
made of any type of food:
“tortilla”, fish, meat,
vegetables, pasta,…

19. SPIDER CRAB TARTLET
• INGREDIENTS:
• Tarlets
• Spider crab
• Endives
• Mayonnaise sauce
• 1 pepper

20. SPIDER CRAB TARTLET
• COOKING:
• 1- Boil the spider crab for 15 minutes, if its weight is about 1 kg.
• 2- Once the spider crab is boiled, crumble it.
• 3- Clean meticulously the endives leaves to avoid making them bitter, dry
them and reserve some of them without cutting to decorate and the rest
cut in small pieces.
• 4-Mix the spider crab crumbled with the mayonnaise sauce and the
endives leaves.
• 5-Fill the tartlets and decorate the leaves that ypu have previously
reserved and a small piece of pepper.

21. • BITTOR HERRERO
• OIHAN LUJANBIO
• ASIER PAGOLA