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Cheap Treats
You can eat on the hoof often with change from a €5 note by popping into a
forn
or
con-
fiteria
(pastry shop) for crispy, sugar-topped
ensaïmades
(a croissant-like pastry dusted
with icing sugar, and sometimes filled with cream) pastries,
empanades
(pasties with sa-
voury fillings) and the larger version,
cocarrois.
Tapas and
pintxos
(mini tapas; often bite-sized breads with various toppings) are a
great way to stave off hunger and absorb local life. Hit Palma's Ruta Martiana on a Tues-
day or Wednesday evening when a drink and a tapa cost as little as €2.
TAKE IT HOME
For a lingering taste of Mallorca, save room to take home hand-harvested salt from
des Trenc, fig bread,sobrassada(paprika-flavoured cured pork sausage), olives, al-
monds, wine, Hierbas liqueur and tangy orange preserves from Sóller - a burst of
island sunshine when summer is long gone. Here's where you'll find them:
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Enseñat (
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)
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Típika (
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)
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Flor de Sal d'es Trenc (
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)
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Fet a Sóller (
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)
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Tramuntana Gourmet (
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)
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Cassai Gourmet (
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)
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Colmado Santo Domingo (
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)
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Malvasia de Banyalbufar (
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)
Dare to Try
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Caracoles
Dig into snails cooked in a garlicky, herby broth or served in a rich stew.
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Arròs brut
The name 'dirty rice' is offputting, but trust us this soupy wonder, with pork,
rabbit and vegetables, is delicious.
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Botifarró
Cured blood sausage (not unlike British black pudding) - surprisingly tasty.
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Percebes
Goose barnacles - clawlike, filter-feeding crustaceans that cling to rocks -
look ghastly but taste divine. Perfect finger food.
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Frit Mallorquí
A flavoursome lamb offal and veg fry-up, born out of a desperate need
for protein during time of poverty.