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Gastronomy

Menorcan gastronomy is totally Mediterranean, made from fresh and natural foods from the land and the sea. The island also has great restaurants that develop a high level cuisine.

Typical Mahonesa sauce, the most universal recipe of Menorca.

Handcrafted products

We highlight the delicious meat from the island’s livestock farms, fresh fish, and handmade products produced on Menorcan farms.

The island also has a great tradition in the elaboration of wines and liquors. It has several distilleries and wineries that are worth visiting.

You can also find great restaurants restaurants where you can taste these products and enjoy the most typical dishes of the island’s gastronomy.

SAUSAGES AND CHEESES

The famous Mahón cheese and traditional sausages such as“sobrassada“,“cuixot“,“butifarro” or“carn i Xua“, made in a completely handmade way, stand out.

MENORCAN PASTRIES

Jams, honey and a wide range of handmade pastry products are also part of the gastronomic culture of Menorca, highlighting the“pastissets“, the“carquinyols” or the ensaimada.

MENORCAN BEVERAGES

As for drinks, the gin or Gin de Mahón, the typical herbal liqueurs and a great variety of handmade wines, elaborated with care, with grapes from the vineyards of Menorca, where they receive the Mediterranean air that makes them special.

RESTAURANTS

Arros de la terra, recipe book
Arròs de la terra, recipe book “fra roger”.

Our cuisine has been preserved over the years, recipes that pass from parents to children. The typical Menorcan recipes that we continue developing and adapting them to the new times without losing their more traditional essence.

Dishes such as lobster stew, “oliaigua amb figues”, baked eggplants, or rice “de la terra”, are a must for lovers of good food.

Likewise, Menorca also develops the new Mediterranean cuisine adapting to the seasonal products, and nowadays a high level cuisine is developed in the restaurants of Menorca.

You can find a wide variety of proposals and new trends for all tastes and budgets, modern cuisine, fusion, Asian, gastro-bars, etc…

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