Plato Alpujarreno is the Sierra Nevada mountain platter of fried eggs, chorizo, morcilla, jamon Trevelez, papas a lo pobre and pisto, plated together on a tin platter.
Plato Alpujarreno originates in the Las Alpujarras villages above 1,000 metres, where mountain shepherds and farmers needed a high-calorie one-platter meal. The dish is the canonical introduction to Granadina mountain cooking, with each component sourced from the Alpujarras: jamon from Trevelez at 1,500 metres, morcilla blood sausage from Pampaneira, papas from the high-altitude potato terraces. In Granada city the dish moved into restaurants on the tapeo route during the 1960s tourism boom and remains a fixture at any taberna that calls itself Granadina. Recent versions add chorizo de Sierra Nevada and substitute the lard-fried papas with olive oil from the Sierra Magina.
5 editor picks for Plato Alpujarreno in Granada, ranked by editorial score. All Granada signature dishes · Plato Alpujarreno across every city.
Bodegas Castaneda ★ 4.5
centro-sagrario · Calle Almireceros 1, 18010 Granada
Bodegas Castaneda in Granada is the 1927 Calle Almireceros tavern that defines free-tapa culture, with house vermut and Alpujarran cured meats.
Las Tinajas ★ 4.4
figares · Calle Martinez Campos 17, 18002 Granada
Las Tinajas in Granada is the second-generation Figares institution open since 1971, with clay tinajas overhead and a Vinos de Granada wine cellar.
Mirador de Morayma ★ 4.4
albayzin · Calle Pianista Garcia Carrillo 2, 18010 Granada
Mirador de Morayma in Granada is the Albayzin carmen named for Boabdils wife, with terraced gardens facing the Alhambra and a remojon-bacalao menu.
Chikito ★ 4.3
centro-sagrario · Plaza del Campillo 9, 18009 Granada
Chikito in Granada sits where Cafe Alameda hosted Lorca and Manuel de Fallas Rinconcillo circle in the 1920s, with traditional Granadina cooking today.
Antigua Bodega Castaneda ★ 4.3
centro-sagrario · Calle Elvira 5, 18010 Granada
Antigua Bodega Castaneda on Calle Elvira in Granada is a traditional tavern famous for homemade vermut, hanging hams and rabo de toro with migas.