🥘

Portuguese and Spanish Food

Custard tarts from monks, hams fed on acorns and clams named after a poet: pull up a chair at the Iberian table and see how much you really know.

🍜 Food medium 20 questions ~7 min
Start quiz →

What this quiz asks

  • Bacalhau, the ingredient Portugal is devoted to, is what?
  • Besides eggs, which ingredient is essential to a Spanish tortilla?
  • Which Valencian rice dish takes its name from the word for this wide, shallow pan?
  • The custard tarts of Belém were first made by monks at which Lisbon monastery?
  • The finest jamón ibérico, labelled 'de bellota', comes from pigs fattened on what?
  • Which spice gives Spanish chorizo its deep red colour?
  • The francesinha, a meat sandwich under melted cheese and a beer-based sauce, comes from Porto.
  • Caldo verde, a Portuguese soup, gets its green colour from what?
  • Select ALL of these that are traditional Portuguese dishes.
  • In the Basque Country, what are the small bar snacks, often pinned to bread with a stick, called?
  • Is turrón, the Spanish Christmas sweet, made mainly from almonds and honey?
  • Pulpo a la gallega, octopus with paprika, salt and olive oil, is traditionally served on what?
  • The cod used for Portuguese bacalhau is caught mainly off the coast of Portugal.
  • Order these Spanish meals by the time of day they are usually eaten, earliest first.
  • Salmorejo, a thick cold purée of tomato, bread, garlic and olive oil, comes from which city?
  • Ovos moles, sweet egg yolk wrapped in thin wafer shaped like shells and fish, come from which Portuguese city?
  • Select ALL of these that are Spanish sausages.
  • Which Castilian city, famous for its Roman aqueduct, is renowned for roast suckling pig carved with the edge of a plate?
  • In what year did the Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém open in Lisbon to sell the monks' custard tarts?
  • Amêijoas à Bulhão Pato, clams with garlic, coriander and lemon, are named after what kind of person?