GASTRONOMY Wine tourism Wines with Protected Michelin Denomination Starred Chefs of Origin Rioja Alavesa and Txakoli Top quality ingredients from land and sea Nanogastronomy Haute cuisine in miniature San Sebastian GAS- Bilbao 30TRON- Vitoria-Gasteiz OMY 16 Wine tourism 6 A country with 10 34 resources 8 Euskadi Gastronomika 10 Top quality ingredients 16 Cuisine 44 26 Recipes There are 150 experiences to choose. 28 Sweets TOP They are subject to change and may be updated. EXPE RIEN Therefore, before you choose an experience and 30 Pintxos CE to find out about prices, schedules and places 34 Wine tourism available, we advise you check the website: tourism.euskadi.eus/en/ 44 The markets 48 Gourmet shopping 48 50 Gastronomic culture 52 The 10 musts 54 Events Practical info Edition: 4th, July 2016 • Reprint: 3rd, November 2019 • Print Run: 10,000 • © Government of the Autonomous Community of the 6 Basque Country. Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Consumer Affairs • Edited by: Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpen Zerbitzu Nagusia / Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco • Translation: On Global • Production: Bell Comunicación • Text and photography: Various authors• Printed by: Centro Gráfico Ganboa, S.L. • L.D.: BI 867-2016 Full and/or partial reproduction of the texts, maps and images contained in this catalogue is strictly prohibited without the prior permission of the publisher and the authors. SAN JUAN DE 6 GAZTELUGATXE Biarritz Gorliz Bakio BIZKAIA BRIDGE Barrika Bermeo URDAIBAI Plentzia 7 The Basque Country is a land where all of the 5 Mundaka Elantxobe San Juan de Luz Laredo Sopela Ea Castro Urdiales Zierbena Ibarrangelu Lekeitio 2 SAN SEBASTIAN Hondarribia Hendaya food, be it hake, tuna, beef or beans, has a special Getxo Muskiz Mungia character. Cold, wild waters, green, plentiful Santurtzi Pasaia Irún Portugalete Ondarroa MUSEUM Lezo pasture, strong north winds... they all blend together with the BALENCIAGA Renteria e Mutriku Zarautz local wisdom to produce something truly unique. Sestao Zumaia Oiartzun Valley Sondika Deba Getaria Orio 8 Astigarraga Mendata Markina- Lasarte Larrabetzu Xemein Hernani 1 BILBAO GERNIKA-LUMO Everything close 4 Elgoibar Andoain Eibar AP-8 Mallabia LOIOLA 9 Azpeitia Balmaseda Villabona AP-68 Durango at hand Ermua Azkoitia Laudio-Llodio Areatza Abadiño Tolosa Orozko Atxondo Bergara One of the secrets of this internationally recognised cuisine Artziniega Zumarraga is undoubtedly the quality and diversity of raw materials that Arrasate/Mondragón Ordizia enable the creation of an endless world of wine and food Amurrio Legazpi experiences. The natural resources have a short and busy Oñati Beasain Otxandio AP-1 journey to your table: extraordinary beef, lamb and pork Orduña raised in any one of the Basque villages and farms that dot Arantzazu Murgia the hills and valleys. And delicious beans, peppers, silver beet, Ullibarri leeks... grown in farmstead gardens in Gernika-Lumo, Arratia, Astigarraga, Ordizia or Tolosa... The hand-caught bonito, AP-68 The Unmissable destinations Mendixur 10 txipirón, hake and sea bream... Latxa sheep provide a unique Lalastra to Pamplona Estibaliz A-1 milk for the prized Idiazabal cheese, grapes from Getaria, Bakio Villanañe Salvatierra/Agurain 3 VITORIA-GASTEIZ 6 and Aiara/Ayala give birth to innovative txakolis, the vineyards Alegría-Dulantzi 1 A-1 Armentia San Juan de of Rioja Alavesa are the basis of unique wines and apples from Bilbao Gaztelugatxe Astigarraga and Hernani yield highly regarded ciders. Lapuebla Valle Salado de Arganzón On your trip you will discover that the hills also provide Maestu 2 7 succulent morsels: delicious dishes of woodcock, boar, San Sebastian Urdaibai Antoñana partridge, pigeon and rabbit are on offer... or a wealth of wild mushrooms. The secret of Basque cuisine is its own superb Miranda de Ebro Santa Cruz de Campezo 3 8 Urturi Vitoria- Balenciaga ingredients and centuries of tradition. Savouring it is the Salinillas de Buradón Gasteiz Museum pleasure of gods. Lagrán Bernedo Labastida And there is a strong cast of actors committed to satisfy the Elvillar 4 9 Haro LAGUARDIA Labraza Assembly Sanctuary most refined palates. You can put them to the test when you 10 House of Loiola try the extraordinary dishes made by chefs that cultivate their AP-68 of Gernika Elciego Oion vocation and display it in the plethora of traditional and avant 5 10 LOGROÑO garde recipes they offer you. Bizkaia Laguardia Bridge tourism.euskadi.eus/en/ 4 5 BASQUE COUNTRY GASTRONOMY AND WINE TOURISM A COUNTRY WITH RESOURCES The land and the sea have been generous to the Basques. A thousand years of wisdom and tradition of the men and women who work their A COUNTRY wonders in restaurants, gastronomy clubs and kitchens, raises the cuisine and wine of the Basque Country to a WITH RESOURCES divine status… he culinary tradition of this country is fruit of the passion for working with what the land and the sea provide. Today, authentically local dishes such as bacalao al pil pil (cod with hot pepper-garlic sauce) or Bizkaia- The tstyle, marmitako (tuna stew with potatoes), pourrusalda a la ondarresa (soup with potatoes, leeks, cod... from gastronomy Ondarroa), among others, acquire is the star in the hands of certain chefs a different way of expressing their essence. And this should not surprise us: such dedication must inevitably take recipes from the "olden days" on new paths of discovery, eager to face new challenges and constantly seeking to eclipse its own achievements. This has given rise to a generation of chefs that pours all its wisdom into providing new culinary experiences embodied in dishes fit for the most refined palates. Nothing escapes the urge to innovate: garden products, seafood, all kinds of meat... are transformed into sublime morsels in which the aesthetic appeal and the flavour compete for the attention of the senses of the most demanding diner. Innovation is the trend. Try it. 6 7 BASQUE COUNTRY GASTRONOMY AND WINE TOURISM EUSKADI GASTRONOMIKA Experience the identity of a people Euskadi Gastronomika he gastronomy, from the most and diverse proposal at your fingertips, Gastronomy id one of the traditional to the most innovative, and for that reason we present Euskadi is one of the hallmarks of the Basque Gastronomika, a gastronomic tourism hallmarks of identity of Country and is deeply rooted in Product Club the aim of which is to the Basque Country the daily lives of the people, linked delight you with the best experiences, the to our history, customs and leisure best cuisine and the best service quality. It unites the potential of producers, activities. It has crossed frontiers and Euskadi Gastronomika is a network of products and services from every corner is acknowledged and praised all over networks based on criteria of demand of the Basque Country to provide tthe world. The secret? The excellence for and commitment to quality assumed complete, planned and comprehensive and diversity of the raw materials that by all actors involved in the process. gourmet tourism that will meet your every the sea and land of the Basque Country Therefore it is an unbeatable guarantee expectation. provide and the expertise of the great for the consumer. Basque cooks. We want to place this wide On egin! www.euskadigastronomika.eus 8 9 BASQUE COUNTRY GASTRONOMY AND WINE TOURISM TOP QUALITY INGREDIENTS Each day the Basque coastal and deep-sea fishing fleets bring home their haul from generous but unforgiving tides to the fish markets. A GREAT IDEA ine-caught hake, authentic Science and technology have been bonito del norte, tuna, monkfish, "antxoas" applied to fishing practices, so that now The Sailor's l(anchovy), "txitxarros" (mackerel), cod, about 138,000 tonnes of anchovy live "txautxas" (cuttlefish), "txipirones" (small in Basque waters. So the anchovy of the squid), and numerous other species that Cantabrian Sea remains a key ingredient Lekeitio the arrantzales (fishermen) of Bizkaia and on our tables, be it fried, battered, in oil Gipuzkoa haul from the sea are unloaded or as a paste. In one of the most picturesque every day from powerful modern fishing The Bay of Biscay holds another coastal fishing ports, you will have boats at the Basque wharves, conditioned treasure that regularly features on a guided visit to the Santa Katalina by sustainable management of the Bay Basque dinner tables: line-caught lighthouse, where you can try of Biscay. hake. Those in the know say that its the navigation simulator, storm great taste is enhanced when caught Off the hook and… by a simple rod. Arrantzales from included. closely monitored! Hondarribia are masters of these arts. Guided (or “theatrical” audio guide) You will see this for yourself when they tour of the historic old town, the arrive at port. The anchovies from the Bay of Biscay, harbour and the tuna fishing boat or "bokarta" are renowned among From the fishmarket Ondarzabal, sampling the txakoli connoisseurs. There were once fears about and pintxos (tapas). the alarming decline in anchovy stocks. to the tin from However, an exemplary collaboration of tourism.euskadi.eus/en/ biologists, institutions and the arrantzale Have a look at a can of tuna in your has achieved a balance of catch and kitchen cupboard... consumption. So you can once again try Salted, preserved and tinned fish from this tasty delicacy. Basque fisheries are world renowned. a SEA The Basque Country is responsible for 10% of the nation's fish canning in- dustry. A large part of the haul that GETARIA comes into the docks of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa are taken to be processed and canned. Skipjack and bluefin tuna of the best fish dominate over 60% of the trade. Here they process fillets, anchovies, eels and even the world's largest production of squid ink! 10 11 BASQUE COUNTRY GASTRONOMY AND WINE TOURISM TOP QUALITY INGREDIENTS The Eusko Label sign of quality really marks the difference he Basque Country's agricultural and food industry has its own mark of (Basque farmhouse) de chickens and eggs, tdistinction known as the 'Eusko Label'.