Calçots
You are here to spend your holiday in Costa Dorada apartment and you never heard about calçots? Impossible! If you booked a Tarragona apartment for your Costa Dorada holiday, you cannot miss the calçots.
The calçots from Valls in South Catalonia grow up since the XIXth century; enjoy your holiday in Costa Dorada apartment. Its production is still in Valls however you can now consume calçots in all Catalonia so even if you are not in Costa Dorada but in holiday in a Barcelona apartment, you can also find it. Indeed the onion cannot be produced everywhere because the calçots are protected by a controlled denomination.
The calçots are sacred. They have their own mass which is the starting point of the calçots season. The ceremony in honor of the calçots is at the beginning of each year and is called the calçotada. If you come in Costa Dorada accommodation don't miss the calçotada. Every year in Valls, you can assist to the Gran Festa de la Calçotada.
The calçots are different from the onions. In comparison to the basic onion, the calçot is eaten raw without side dish.
How to prepare the calçots ?
I you have booked a Tarragona apartment or even a Costa Dorada accommodation, eat calçots. We put directly the calçots on the grill of the barbecue. When they are ready, we put them in newspaper to keep them warm. The calçot is smooth and looks like a small leek.
How to eat the calçots ?
The calçots taste with Romesco sauce. The sauce is prepared with grilled almond, green and red peppers, tomatoes, pepper, salt and parsley.
To eat the calçots, we will have to take them by the hair, to press them on the bulb. When you will hear a noise and you will have to take out the skin of the calçot to dip it in the Romesco sauce.
But the calçots are not a complete meal, it is like a starter. For the calçotada, sausages, black and white puddings and grilled meat follow. But the calçots
Where to eat the calçots ?
The restaurants of Catalonia propose the calçots from December to April. I advice your to taste the delicious calçots for your holiday in Costa Dorada accommodation in the restaurant Calmossa (30km from Tarragona).
Now you know everything on the calçots. Either you are in holiday in Barcelona or in Costa Brava, taste the calçots !
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