Typical dishes and flavours from the Seville countryside of Carmona
A route through the typical gastronomy of the Seville countryside, from one of the most picturesque restaurants in Carmona, El Molino de la Romera, an old mill from 18
In this article we are going to take a look at the flavours of the Seville countryside cuisine with an illustrious restaurant in the city of Carmona, Molino de La Romera, located just a few meters from the city's Parador (state-run hotel) and built on an old Moorish mill that's over 500 years old, the essence of which the building still preserves and which was once the café, old stables and storerooms where the grain was stored, which still has the hatches to pass the grain from one place to another.
Traditional cuisine, which has been around forever in the area, in a unique and privileged setting, according to the manager, where you can order a half portion of "Landscape in sauce”, or a "Viewsof syrup” tapa. Why? We'll tell you right now.
There was no better place to represent the flavours of the countryside than here, and not just for its history, but also for its location.
Carmona is a mixture of cultures that left their legacy in the culture and of course the cuisine, giving us, for example las Alboronías, a dish with very strong Moorish influences and a dish that according to legend, was prepared for Arabic weddings.
The dish is prepared with pumpkin and courgette, which we now call pisto, but without adding the tomato, which came after the American conquest. Another typical dish from the Seville countryside of Carmona,is undoubtedly the spinach with chickpeas.
The countryside is fertile, producing many products that can be found in the typical cuisine of the area, and in this case, spinach with chickpeas is one of star dishes of the area. The presence of vegetables on the menu of typical countryside dishes is undeniably but there is also an abundance of meats from the Sierra Norte mountains of Seville, which makes your mouth water just looking at it.
Grilled octopus, which here at the Molino de la Romera is spectacular, soft, with an excellent char-grilled touch and a smooth creamed potato which, as we say here: "takes your breath away".
The grilled meats, cooked on the barbeque
The stews that have been around forever, the grilled meats, the game ragout from the Sierra Norte, the bull's tail
And of course the desserts, always with a touch of Muslim pastries, the most typical being the millefeuille, the sweets from the convent of the Order of St. Claire, the orange desserts with oranges from the Carmona meadow, and "la torta inglesa”, or the English cake, a sponge cake with cider and a very thin layer of puff pastry whose name comes from George Bonsor, when he was in Carmona excavating the Necropolis and asked his servant for "la torta" which over time became "la torta inglés".
They make your mouth water, don't they?! Whether in tapas, dishes or half portions now you know what to order and what to eat if you visit Carmona or at least, where to start!
Next we'll give you one of the most typical recipes from the countryside of Seville, alboronía, which, as we said in this article, is a dish of Moorish origin made with vegetables from the meadow of Carmona which is delicious!
