This old, noble and loyal city offers several centuries worth of culture through its gastronomy. It’s a humble cuisine, with quality coming from excellent inland ingredients.
If you’re looking for something to eat in Ciudad Rodrigo, we recommend the ñora peppers or French lettuce, typical products that can be found in the Tuesday produce markets.
In Ciudad Rodrigo you can also eat regional dishes like meneás potatoes or chanfaina, which consists in rice with lamb giblets, egg and onion.
In terms of meat a famous option is the morucha meat, a cow native to the region, with a slightly darker color than normal beef.
Of course, embutido sausages with Iberian ham are a prominent product in the city, and the most well-known and original to Cuidad Rodrigo is the farinato, made with pork fat, bread crumbs, olive oil, onion, and some other condiments or spices like anise. It’s typically eaten with fried eggs.
Also typical is the longaniza de chorizo, which can be eaten raw, grilled or fried. You’ll find good wines in the area such as wine from Arribes, Sierra de Salamanca, and Tierra del Vino de Zamora, all of which have Denomination of Origin.
And, once you finish your meal in Ciudad Rodrigo, what better than an artisanal dessert like maimones buns or the almond-based sweets known as repalaos.
Enjoy!