Judías de El Barco de Ávila | |
Country: | Spain |
Region: | Castile and León |
Course: | beans |
Served: | hot |
Main Ingredient: | beans, pig ears, chorizo, pig's trotters |
Judías de El Barco de Ávila beans from the El Barco of Ávila is a protected geographic designation for local bean crops. It was designated on January 5, 1989.[1]
Barco de Ávila beans (called sometimes more briefly as "Barco beans" or "Judiones from El Barco") are dried beans, usually white and large, cultivated in the fields of El Barco de Ávila (southwest of the Province of Ávila), Spain. Its large size provides approximately about forty beans per 100 grams (a portion approximately for one person). Cooked with chorizo, blood sausage (morcilla), bacon or pig ears, it becomes a Spanish traditional food.[2]
The area of production from El Barco include the land located in the municipal terms of the agricultural region of Barco-Piedrahíta. Beans are grown on the terraces of the valleys, protected from winds. They are marketed under two categories "first" and "extra".
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