Food of Gibraltar
Gibraltarian food is a blend of British, Spanish, Genoese, Moroccan and Maltese home cooking. Chickpeas, fresh fish, stews and pastries sit alongside fish and chips and tea. Family-style dishes cooked slowly in one pot and shared are the heart of local eating.
Calentita
A warm baked chickpea-flour flatbread with a custard-like center, seasoned with pepper and sometimes eaten in a roll.
- Main dishes (8)
- Breakfast (2)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (2)
- Salads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (4)
- Drinks (3)
- Fruits and produce (4)
Staples
- chickpeas
- fish
- beef
- potatoes
- rice
- eggs
- flour
- vegetables
Signature flavors
- cumin
- paprika
- garlic
- parsley
- saffron
- black pepper
Main dishes
A warm baked chickpea-flour flatbread with a custard-like center, seasoned with pepper and sometimes eaten in a roll.
Key ingredients: chickpea flour, olive oil, water, black pepperA slow-cooked beef and tomato pasta dish, a family favorite.
Key ingredients: beef, tomato, pasta, garlic
Crisp battered fish with thick-cut chips and mushy peas.
Key ingredients: white fish, potatoes, flour, peasFull guide →Savory pie with a meat filling.
Key ingredients: beef, pastry, potatoesFried chickpea fritters similar to panisse.
Key ingredients: chickpea flour, oil, saltSalt cod in a tomato sauce.
Key ingredients: salt cod, tomato, onion
Meatballs in tomato sauce.
Key ingredients: beef, tomato, garlic
Chickpeas stewed with spinach or chorizo.
Key ingredients: chickpeas, spinach, cuminBreakfast
Eggs, bacon, sausage and beans, a British legacy.
Key ingredients: eggs, bacon, sausage, toastFull guide →Toast with olive oil and tomato.
Key ingredients: bread, tomato, olive oilStreet food
Chickpea flatbread slice in a roll.
Key ingredients: calentita, breadEaten from paper by the harbor.
Key ingredients: fish, chipsFull guide →Filled bread.
Key ingredients: bread, ham, cheeseSoups
Fish soup.
Key ingredients: fish, tomato, saffronChickpea and vegetable soup.
Key ingredients: chickpeas, vegetablesSalads
Tomato salad.
Key ingredients: tomato, olive oil, onion
Potato salad with tuna and peas.
Key ingredients: potato, tuna, mayonnaiseFull guide →Desserts and sweets
Small cakes with dried fruit.
Key ingredients: flour, raisins, sugar
Light tea-time sponge.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, sugar
Fried pastry with honey.
Key ingredients: flour, honey, sesame
Fried milk custard squares.
Key ingredients: milk, flour, sugarDrinks
Afternoon tea with milk.
Key ingredients: tea, milk
Milky Spanish-style coffee.
Key ingredients: coffee, milk
Fresh lemonade.
Key ingredients: lemon, sugarFruits and produce
Sweet oranges.
Key ingredients: juice
Figs from Mediterranean trees.
Key ingredients: freshFull guide →
Used in cooking.
Key ingredients: dressings, drinks
In sweets.
Key ingredients: sweetsDish guides from Gibraltar
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Calentita: Gibmetal77, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fish and chips blackpool: Matthias Meckel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Soup with meatballs-01: ralphhogaboom, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bengal gram, chickpea ( ছোলার ডাল): Atudu, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Full English breakfast (cropped): Joadl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at (Wikimedia Commons)
- Салат Оливье 03: Pannet, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Victoria Sponges: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pestiños-Madrid: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Leche frita: https://www.flickr.com/people/deramaenrama/, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Longjing tea steeping in gaiwan: Difference engine, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Café con leche: Mario Sánchez, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lemonade - 27682817724: HarshLight, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Oranges - whole-halved-segment: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ficus carica L, 1771: Trew, C.J, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- P1030323: Elena Chochkova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Almonds - in shell, shell cracked open, shelled, blanched: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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