Gastronomy

Ibiza’s cuisine features an array of rice dishes, poultry and lamb, stews, oven-baked fish, cakes and pastries... The island has an enormous variety of excellent quality restaurants serving fresh, natural produce such as fish and shellfish or traditional fare such as seafood rice and bullit de peix (fish stew). Ibiza’s gastronomy also has a wealth of meat dishes, including arròs de matances (traditionally made during the pig slaughter), frita de porc (fried pork with potatoes, mushrooms and peppers) and sofrit pagès (a country-style dish with gently spiced pork, lamb, chicken and local sausages). Ibiza also has a range of wonderful cakes and pastries. Typical desserts are flaó, a delicious cake made using goat and sheep’s cheese plus mint, greixonera (a pudding based on ensaimada, a pastry local to the Balearic islands, plus milk and egg) and orelletes (little ear-shaped cookies) traditionally served at social gatherings.