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• fabada (asturiana): the archetypical Asturian dish
• fabes: white beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
• faisán: pheasant
• fiambres: cold meats
• fideos: vermicelli / small noodles
• fideuà (Catalan): noodles with fish or meat
• filete: steak
• filloas (Galicia): pancakes stuffed with honey, sugar, custard or jam.
• fino: dry sherry
• flamenquín: fried roll generally with meat, ham and cheese.
• flan: cream caramel
• flaó: a superb cheesecake from the Balearics including eggs, cheese, sugar and mint. The mixture of savoury and sweet flavourings may reflect Arab influence from the Islamic past of the islands.
• foie gras: goose or duck liver
• frambuesa: raspberry
• fresa: strawberry
• fricandó: Catalan beef stew
• fruta(s): fruit
• frutos secos: nut, but also dried fruit
• fuet (Catalan): thin cured dry sausage of pork meat

G

• gachas: a kind of porridge with fried pork products. One variety is the gachas manchegas.

• Galician food

• galleta: biscuit, cookie

• gallina: hen

• gallineta: blue-mouth (Helicolenus dactylopterus)

• gallo: megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis)

• galtes de porc: pigs cheeks

• gambas: shrimps, prawns

• gamo: fallow deer

• ganso: goose

• garum: garum. A fetid fish sauce extremely popular in Ancient Rome. The best garum was said to come from Southern Spain (Wikipedia)

• garbanzos: chick peas

• garrafó: uncommonly large white beans used in Valencian paella.

• gazpacho andaluz: the classic cold tomato soup generally made with green pepper, cucumber, onion, stale bread, garlic, olive oil and vinegar, with variations on the theme.

• gazpacho manchego: Nothing to do with its Andalusian compatriate, this heavy stew from La Mancha is made with meat (usually rabbit), wild mushrooms and torta (flat bread).

• gelatina: jelly

• girasol: sunflower

• girella: a speciality only found in Pallars Jussà. It’s a sort of haggis made with rice instead of oatmeal and is heavily spiced with black pepper. It’s best sliced and fried in a very little oil until crisp. (Simon Rice)

• gofrio: a roasted flour used to make a type of porridge in the Canary islands. Gofio is thought to be have been the main staple of the diet of the Guanches, the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands, who produced it from barley and the rhizome of certain ferns. The latter is also known to have been used in historical times, especially in famine, even up till the 20th century. “Gofio” comes from the name for the product in the aboriginal language of Gran Canaria. More here

• granada: pomegranate

• granizado: crushed ice drink

• granos de pimienta: peppercorns

• grelos: turnip greens

• grosella negra: blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)

• grosella roja: redcurrant (Ribes rubrum)

• guayaba: guava

• guindilla: a variety of chili pepper

• guisantes: peas

• guiso: stew

H

• habas: broad beans

• habichuelas: broad beans (Vicia faba)

• hamburguesa: hamburger

• harina: flour

• harina de maíz: cornflour

• helado: ice cream

• hierbabuena: spearmint

• hierba luisa: lemon verbena

• higado: liver

• higo: fig

• higo chumbo: prickly pear

• hinojo: fennel

• hojaldre: puff pastry

• horchata de chufas: a very popular cold drink from Valencia made from tigernuts. Horchata de almendras also exists. (Wikipedia)

• huevas: roe (fish eggs)

• huevo: egg

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What is a fabada?

How do you make fabada?

Fabada recipe

Faisán english translation

Cómo se dice faisán en inglés

Pheasants in spain

What are fiambres?

Cold meats in spain

Fideos en inglés

Noodles in spain

Noodles in spanish

What is a fideuà?

Where do you eat fideuà?

Fideuà recipe

How do you say dátiles in english

Cómo se dice dátiles en inglés

Filloas in Galicia

How do you say fino in english

Fino en inglés

Dry sherry in spain

Dry sherry in spanish

Flan in english

Cream caramel in spanish

What is a flaó?

Menorcan Flaó

Frambuesa english translation

Raspberries in spain

Raspberry in spanish

Strawberry in spain

Strawberries in spanish

How do you say fruta in english

Cómo se dice fruta en inglés

Fruit in spain

Fruit in spanish

Frutos secos in english

Nuts in spain

Dry fruits in spanish

What is fuet?

Catalan fuet

Biscuits in spain

Spanish biscuits

Gallina in english

Hen in spanish

How do you say gallo in english

Cómo se dice gallo en inglés

Megrim in spain

Megrim recipe

What are galtes de porc

Galtes de pork recipe

How do you say gambas in english

Cómo se dice gambas en inglés

Prawns in spanish

Shrimps in spain

Gamo en inglés

Fallow deer in spanish

Ganso english translation

Goose spanish translation

Spanish garum

Garum in spain

Garbanzos in english

Chick peas in spanish

gazpacho andaluz recipe

girasol in english

sunflower in spanish

granada english translation

Pomegranates in spain

Pomegranate in spanish

What are grelos?

What is a guindilla?

How do you say guisantes in english?

Cómo se dice guisantes en inglés

Peas in spain

Broad beans in spain

Broad beans in spanish

How do you say harina in english?

Flour in spanish

Helado english translation

Ice cream in spanish

Spearmint in spain

Lemon verbena in spain

How do you say hígado in english?

Hígado en inglés

Liver in spanish

Higo english translation

Fig in spanish

What is an higo chumbo?

Hinojo en inglés

Fennel in spain

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