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  As it indicates Miguel Vázquez González, in its Gaucín book Popular Gastronomy, (to see bibliography) " Gaucín by its geographic situation, is mountain villa with marine vocation".
"Gaucín, participates from immemorial time next to other areas and riverside towns of the Mare Nostrum, the optimal traditional Mediterranean diet , that is to say, a diet based on the bread consumption and dry cereals, vegetables , fruits, vegetables and fruits, milk or its derivatives, cheeses mainly, fish, eggs, meats of red bird or, thin, olives and mainly olive oil... Also and following the tradition Mediterranean, to complete the diet, wine with moderation is consumed, mainly in the meals ".
To the being many the prescriptions of the gastronomy gaucineña, here single we will gather some of most characteristic:
       
  ACINOJOS (hinojos and acerones)    
  The stems to tier to us of the hinojos sour very finely, lies down boiling water to him and it is covered to them very or, wrapping it, if outside precise, with a cloth, during two or three hours; soon they slip. The stems to tier of acerones are divided to us with the hands. An equivalent volume or something greater is needed than the obtained one with the hinojos in the previous operation.
Pounded: A fried lightly of garlic, red pepper becomes, bread and oil. Once fact is crushed and a little pimienta is added to him and one mite of comine.
Preparation: A pot with water is put to the fire, in sufficient amount for the prepared hinojos. When it is boiling lie down little by little acerones and next the narrow-hipped hinojos. They are let boil until hinojo is tender. The pounded one is added to him, it moves well and it is let boil during about fifteen minutes. A pottage of chick-peas with beets can be added to him. They are possible to be eaten, warm up or cold.
       
  FRESH GAZPACHO    
  The tomatos, the peppers the teeth of garlic and the cucumber are they peel and divided. One soaks the bread pieces and everything in the beater puts, adds oil to him, fresh water and salt, until it is left all good crushed, uses cold.
       
       
  CANDIES  
   
       
       
  ROSQUILLOS OF ALMOND    
  2 kilos are needed bare almonds, they are escaldan in boiling water and they are they peel. Later they are let dry to the air during two hours, soon they are ground in a picadora so that they are quite fine, adds to kilo and means to sugar, dust cinnamon to him, clear of egg and a ralladura of rind of lemon to the pleasure. Once made this mixture flour in small amount is added to him until obtaining a consistent and doughy mass. With one machine stretches this mass in heavy vermicelli form of approximately of a centimeter of diameter. With them rosquillos of about six centimeters of diameter make. They put in hot furnace, to average fire, during about ten minutes, until they are gilded.
       
  WHITE TWISTED ROLLS    
  For the mass 5 dozens of eggs, a soup spoonful of bicarbonate, three quarters of liter of olive oil with many degrees are needed and flour, the one that it admits.
For the luster, a kilo of sugar, five clear of egg and a quarter of liter of water.
For the preparation of the mass, to beat eggs to add bicarbonate, the oil and the flour until it is left the mixture rather lasts.
Once prepared the mass it is put in perol of water in the fire and when is boiling to him it is materialized the mass in twisted roll form, next they are cuencen in the furnace to a temperature elevated enough.
For the luster the clear ones with the sugar are fought and once he is dangerous is put to slow fire and a quarter of liter of water is added to him, it moves until the sugar undoes totally and soon they become to beat.
       
  SIGHS    
  Egg weight of and sugar are mixed to clear equal parts in. They mount on the verge of snow and ralladura of lemon is added to him. On paper antigreasy soup spoonfuls of this mixture are deposited scattered and they put in the furnace previously heated. To normal fire they stay in the furnace, during about five minutes.
       
Bibliography:

GAUCIN - POPULAR GASTRONOMY
Miguel Vázquez González
Editing: COCOA. S. COOP. ANDALUZA

 
      GAUCIN
Hnos. García Mota
Editing: Ayto de Gaucín 

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