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Dieta Mediterránea en Valencia(Valencia)

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The Mediterranean Diet is a valuable cultural heritage that represents much more than a simple nutritional pattern, rich and healthy. It is a balanced lifestyle that includes recipes, ways of cooking, celebrations, customs, typical products and various human activities, among the many health benefits of this dietary pattern we can highlight the type of fat that characterizes it (olive oil, fish and nuts), the proportions in the main nutrients that keep their recipes (cereals and vegetables as the basis of the dishes and meats) and the richness in micronutrients it contains, resulting from the use of seasonal vegetables, herbs and seasonings.
This was recognized and celebrated by UNESCO by inscribing the Mediterranean Diet as one of the elements of the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The healthy food provided by the Mediterranean Diet is perfectly compatible with the pleasure of tasting tasty dishes.
Gastronomy is one of the features that best define and represent the Valencian customs and character. The Mediterranean diet is a differential value for those who visit us. Valencia is the birthplace of paella and rice is cooked here like nowhere else in the world, but it also offers the best signature cuisine and the most authentic tapas. However, it is much more than the birthplace of Paella: it has talent in the kitchen, combining tradition and modernity, and the best local produce, from the sea and the Valencian orchard.
The greatest contribution of local gastronomy to the galaxy is the famous paella. Faithful to the original recipe that emerged very close, in the surroundings of l'Albufera. Another elaboration that triumphs is the fideuà, based on noodles instead of rice, but also with seafood and cuttlefish. One of the most popular dishes in the "terreta" is baked rice, based on pork ribs, fresh bacon, blood sausage, tomato, potato, chickpeas and a clove of garlic. Arròs amb bledes is a broth rice, traditional from the garden, with chard, tavella (a variety of white bean), small pieces of potato and turnip and avellanencs snails. Not to be left out is arròs amb fesol i naps (rice with fennel and naps), a magnificent example of a stew made in a cauldron. Of a broth-like type, it is based on the magic of the combination of white beans, turnips and pork.

There is nothing like a good sweet to culminate a satisfactory gastronomic experience. In València we have plenty of preparations throughout the city, many of them are reminiscent of the classic Balansiya cuisine, with almonds, pumpkin and honey as the basis of their recipes. The nougat, that legacy of the Arabs that has reached our times, is one of the typical proposals of our land, where it is made in a traditional way and consumed, especially at Christmas. The same origins present the arnadí, a pleasure based on pumpkin and sugar topped with sliced almonds, and served as a soft paste in an earthenware casserole. Also of very ancient tradition are the colorful fruit-shaped marzipans of the "mocadorà", a classic gift for the loved one during the Valencian Saint Valentine's Day, Sant Donís (October 9). That day also highlights other larger figures in the form of firecrackers, the "piuleta" and the "tronador", which were the formula with retranca that the people of Valencia devised to bypass the prohibitions of Philip V to celebrate with explosive devices such an important event. On the other hand, pumpkin fritters, very popular during the Fallas festivities, are much more juicy and tender than their windy cousins. And they go well with a good cup of chocolate. Another example of València's confectionery production is the panquemao, originally linked to Easter, but which can be found all year round.

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