Gastronomy of Mallorca

Apr 3, 2025

+Mallorca, the magazine of Mallorca

More than sun and beach..

Cod salad with olives, apples and a honey and “Predio Son Quint olive oil vinagrette”

Ingredients: 200g of Cod - 2 Golden delicious Apples - 2 tbsp of chopped black olives - 1 tomato, peeled and deseeded - Mixed salad leaves - Salt - Virgin olive oil and butter - Sugar For the honey vinagrette: 50ml honey - 50ml balsamic vinegar - 200ml Predio Son...

Mallorcan Olive Oil

Mallorcan Oil is an extra virgin olive oil made with the fruit of the olive tree (Olea Europea) using the Mallorquina or Empeltre, Arbequina and Picual varieties, based on physical processes which ensure that the oil conserves the aroma, taste and properties of the...

Robiols: recipe for Christmas and Easter

Robiols are a typical Mallorcan pudding at Christmas and Easter. They are sweet and filled with cheese, jam, pudding or 'angel's hair'. To make 30 Robiols we will need the following ingredients: For the dough: - 1 kg of normal flour - 200 g of butter - 2 x 150 ml cups...

Harmony between food and wine

Javier Gila, five-time Spanish Sommelier champion explains what wine harmonise best with different dishes. What wines harmonise with appetisers? Dry, fizzy white and young red wines. What wines harmonise with seafood? Fine, manzanilla, young white. What wines...

Crispy suckling pig with a vegetable garnish and head

The prestigious majorcan chef Benet Vicens welcomes us in his restaurant "Bens d'Avall", an establishment located in a privileged setting of Mallorca, between the towns of Sóller and Deià and the edge of the sea. Specialized in cuisine based on native ingredients. ...

Mallorcan Fish and Seafood Grills

Ingredients for 4 persons: • 200 g. cuttlefish • 200 g. squid • 100 g. octopus • 200 g. angler fish cut into small pieces • 100 g. peeled prawns • 8 mussels • 150 g. potatoes • 3 fresh spring onions • 1 red pepper • 1 green pepper • 1 bay leaf • 1...

Grouper typical of Mallorca

Serves 4 people: - 1 grouper 2.5 to 3 kg. - 4 or 5 large potatoes - 100 g. of spinach - 100 g. Spinach - 1 Tomato - Raisins and pine nuts - 1 Onion - 1 Leek - 50 g. chopped cookie - Sweet red pepper - Salt and white pepper - Parsley - Olive oil Serves 4...

Gató de Mallorca, typical almond cake

History Its name derives from the French gâteau (cake) and appears to have originated in the eighteenth century Gallic cuisine, although the cakes made of almonds were consumed earlier. Thus the year 1679, on the occasion of the visit of Bishop Bernard Cotoner in the...

Cocktail: “Oro de Mallorca”

Ingredients: • 6 ice cubes • 2 parts Mallorcan olive oil • 2 parts pear juice • 1 part "Hierbas de Mallorca" (sweet) Herbs liquor of Mallorca Products: • "Herbes de Mallorca" • Mallorcan Oil Instructions: Place all...

Prawns with Mahón cheese

Ingredients: • 32 large prawns • 1 tablespoon chopped spring onion • ½ golden apple • 2 grapes • salt and oil • 75 g. cured Mahón cheese • 150 ml. water Stock: • 1 l. water • ½ carrot • ½ onion • parsley • saffron • 250 g. tapioca Instructions Prawn stock:...

“Frit Mallorquí” of lamb

Serves 8 people: • 700gr lamb innards, diced • 1/2 bundle of spring onions • 1 garlic head, peeled and crushed • 2 dl. of olive oil • 2 red peppers, diced • 1 big onion, chopped • 0,5 kg of potatoes, diced • 200 gr. Young broad beans, chopped • 50...

Mallorca Fruits restores the mallorcan almond’s splendor

The Fruits Secs group launched the Mallorca Fruits trademark in 2010 in an effort to defend the interests of the over 3,000 Mallorcan almond producers. To this end, It distributes and merchandizes an innovative and exclusive quality product that is supported by the...

Lloseta’s cardinals, a dream for all those with a sweet tooth

The bakers in LLoseta produce amazing cakes called cardinals, worthy of the most sophisticated member of the roman curia. They are long cakes made with meringue, cream and soft sponge. Lloseta’s cardinals Delicious and tremendously refined, they are the creation of...

Tumbet

Ingredients for 4 people: • 3 aubergines • 4 green peppers • 4 red peppers • 4 medium-sized potatoes • 1 kg. ripe tomatoes • 4 cloves of garlic • 3 dl. olive oil Type of recipe: Starters, Vegetables. Preparation Cut the aubergines, salt them and leave them in a...

Monkfish and cabbage bake

Ingredients:• 100 g. of diced Mallorcan sobrasada • 8 pieces of boneless monkfish, each weighing 60 grams • 30 g. of pine-nuts • 30 g. of raisins • 8 cabbage leaves, minus the nerve, cut into pieces • 0.5 dl. of white wine • A finely chopped onion • 2 finely...

Save the Pancuit

Pancuit is our garlic soup, it is a dish that gradually disappeared from our home’s tables and now has become just a memory of the past. It is very easy to make, as are so many of our traditional dishes. This humble dish is made from leftover dry bread, that was...

Es Variat, part of our identity

An Es Variat is one of our gastronomical and cultural symbols. Eating a variat is a well rooted habit in Majorcan society, but what is a variat? It is basically a mix of all the tapas available in a bar or bodega. Small samples of each variety, served in one dish,...

Chive consommé by Marcel Ress

Clam, chive consommé and pickled mushrooms. By Marcel Ress INGREDIENTS 1 sea bass, 8 clams, 4 large oyster mushroom, 12 small oyster mushrooms, 200ml sea bass stock, Noilly Prat, a bunch of chives, spring onions, sea salt, 100mg xanthan gum, 6 bitter oranges,...

“Coca de Trampó”

Ingredients for 4 persons: • 3 or 4 tomatoes • 2 green peppers • 1 white onion • Salt and oil For the dough: • 1/4 glass of oil • 1/2 glass of lukewarm water • 1 piece of baker’s yeast • 1 table spoon of butter Some flour Preparation 1. Preheat the oven at 200g. 2....

Sea bass with ground almond, spinach, sultanas and pine nuts

Ingredients for 4 people: 600g of sea bass - 2 leeks - 100g ground almond - 1 bunch of spinach - 30g pine nuts - 30g sultanas - Salt and pepper To make the sauce Pine nuts - Olive oil Mallorca Preparation Begin by seasoning the fish, and frying each side in a pan with...