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Iberian Moorish Legacy
Spanish Canon
6 entries
IBE.01.0001
Al-Andalus culinary legacy: Moorish flavour architecture
From 711 to 1492 CE, the Iberian Peninsula was the site of the most sophisticated Islamic civilisati…
Al-Andalus (Iberian Penin
IBE.01.0002
Alfajores: Arab-Andalusian honey pastries
Alfajores are one of the most direct surviving links to the cooking of Al-Andalus — a pastry of grou…
Medina Sidonia, Cádiz, An
IBE.01.0003
Almonds in Iberian cooking: technique and tradition
The almond arrived in Iberia with the Moors and became the defining nut of both Spanish and Portugue…
Iberian Peninsula (Mooris
IBE.01.0004
Cumin in Iberian cooking: the Moorish inheritance
Cumin (comino in Spanish, cominhos in Portuguese) is the most diagnostic spice of Moorish influence …
Al-Andalus (Iberian Penin
IBE.01.0005
Mazapán de Toledo: almond-sugar confection
Toledo's marzipan — one of the great Iberian confections, made from equal parts almonds and sugar, w…
Toledo, Castilla-La Manch
IBE.01.0006
Saffron in Iberian cooking: La Mancha's gold
Spain is the world's largest producer of saffron — specifically the provinces of Toledo, Albacete, a…
La Mancha, Spain (Moorish