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Semana Santa Sevilla

21-28 Mar 2027Torrijas, pestinos, bunuelos de viento and cod dishes

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Spring

Torrijas de Semana Santa
A classic sweet of Seville's Lenten cooking, with pestinos. Confiteria La Campana lists torrijas among its seasonal sweets and Confiteria Rufino among its Lenten fried sweets.
Espinacas con garbanzos
Spinach with chickpeas is one of the two essential Lenten dishes Visita Sevilla names, with chickpeas and cod. Casa Cuesta and Las Teresas list it.
Pescaito frito at the Feria de Abril
Visitors traditionally eat pescaito frito on the night the lights go on at the Feria (13 to 18 April 2027), and manzanilla is the wine of the fair.
Atun rojo de almadraba
Atlantic bluefin tuna trapped by the almadraba method off the Cadiz coast as it migrates between February and July; Cadiz's Mercado Central sells local red tuna in May and June.

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Summer

Gazpacho andaluz
The cold blended soup of tomato, cucumber, pepper, bread and olive oil. Las Teresas and Bodeguita Antonio Romero list it.
Salmorejo
A thicker cold soup of tomato and bread from Cordoba. Visita Sevilla notes that cold tapas such as salmorejo become more popular with the arrival of summer; Casa Robles, Taberna Coloniales and Casa Cuesta list it.
Ajo blanco
A cold soup of bread, crushed almonds, garlic and olive oil, usually served with grapes or melon; Wikipedia traces it to Arab cuisine.

Autumn

Setas de temporada
The mushroom season in the Sierra de Aracena runs mainly from October to December, with niscalo, boletus and seta de cardo. Bodeguita Casablanca lists a revuelto de boletus y trufas and La Brunilda a risotto de Idiazabal y setas.

Winter

Mantecados and polvorones
Christmas shortbreads of the Andalusian tradition, with Estepa known for its polvorones. Confiteria Ochoa sells mantecados artesanos and polvorones, and Confiteria La Campana lists Christmas specialities.
Roscos de Reyes
The ring cake of Epiphany on 6 January; Confiteria La Campana makes roscos de reyes and lists them first in the menu of its site.

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