Gastronomy in the Designation of Origin of Arribes del Duero

The food and wine route by Arribes del Duero crosses the provinces of Zamora and Salamanca, marking the border with Portugal. It is a territory characterized by the terraces where vineyards are cultivated.

The area has a Mediterranean microclimate, making possible the cultivation and the production of high quality oil, as well as orange trees. Products such as river fishes and pond fishes (barbel, tench, freshwater eels, or sarda) prepared always fried with olive oil, along with other foreigners such as conger eel and pilchards, which are made marinated with paprika, converge in the table. Octopus is also part of this range of marine products and stands out especially in grape harvest and winter, accompanied by potatoes or more rarely with rice; crabs have also a place in the recipes of Arribes with sauté of onion and tomato.