Salmorejo
Salmorejo is from Cordoba. Similar to Gazpacho. It is served as a starter or first meal and must obvoiusly be chilled before eating. It's accompanied with las guarniciones: little chunks of jamon serrano, crumbled hard boiled egg or tuna flakes better if it's of the bonito kind with finely sliced fresh onion and green pepper. Less known abroad, Salmorejo is found in any house in Andalucia, restaurant and tapas bar. In the tapas bar it is used as a sauce for preparing montadidos, tiny sandwhiches filled with various ingredients, the most typical being jamon serrano.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 8 ripe tomatoes
- 1 green pepper
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 slices of bread
- olive oil, about 125 ml
- white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- To finish:
- chopped hard-boiled eggs
- flakes of tuna
- chopped fresh onion
- chunks of serrano ham
- chopped green pepper