Courgette, pepper, onion and tomato cooked down slowly in olive oil until they collapse into a soft, sweet mass, then crowned with a fried egg. Eaten with bread and nothing else.

Pisto is the Spanish answer to ratatouille and is cooked all over the country, but Córdoba's version is closely tied to one address: Taberna San Miguel on Plaza de San Miguel has been nicknamed Casa El Pisto since long before it was official, and the taberna has been open since 1880. The Córdoba style is drier than the Manchego version, cooked down until almost no liquid is left, and the egg is fried separately and set on top rather than stirred through. It works as a tapa, a ración or a whole lunch depending on how many eggs land on it.

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Taberna San Miguel Casa El Pisto ★ 4.5

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Casa El Pisto has stood on Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a bullfighting taberna where the pisto with a fried egg is the house test.

OrderPisto casero con huevo, the plate that gave the taberna its nickname.

TipThe operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.

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Taberna Ágora Casa Bravo ★ 4.1

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Casa Bravo works the Puerta de Almodóvar gate in Córdoba from a patio retiled in 1914, pouring wine from its own bodega with the kitchen open all day.

OrderThe salmorejo, then whatever is on the daily menu board.

TipThe kitchen runs continuously from midday, which is unusual here and useful in the dead afternoon hours.

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