Typical Spanish dishes to try this summer | A Coffee Break with Pablo
Coffee Break Spanish
Radio Lingua Network
4.4 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
While we're working on our next podcast series to help you improve your Spanish, we hope you enjoy this mini-lesson with Pablo. In today’s episode, we explore some typical Spanish dishes you should definitely try this summer! ☀️🍽️
You’ll learn about dishes like:
➡️ la paella
➡️ la horchata
➡️ el gazpacho andaluz
➡️ la coca de trampó
Whether you're heading to Spain or just want to bring some Spanish flavour into your kitchen, this episode will leave your mouth watering and your vocabulary growing!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Pablo and I'm sure that you're having a |
| 0:05.0 | sameoomom fabulous. |
| 0:07.1 | This is Coffee Break Spanish and today it's my turn to bring you a Wee espresso |
| 0:12.6 | episode in between seasons of our main podcast. |
| 0:16.7 | The other day at the office over lunch, I was chatting to my colleague Francesca from Coffee Break Italian, |
| 0:23.6 | and we were comparing some refreshing dishes of Italian and Spanish cuisine. |
| 0:30.6 | So that inspired me to take you on a little culinary journey through my favorite Spanish summer dishes, that you can also |
| 0:40.3 | eat of course all year long. So get ready because we'll start in my beloved homeland, Valencia, and of course I can begin anywhere else but with La Paella. |
| 1:01.6 | Now listen carefully. If you ever come to Valencia and call something Paella when it's not the real paella, let's say that things could get tense, |
| 1:13.6 | and I'm only half joking. |
| 1:17.1 | La Autentica Paella doesn't have chorizo, ever. |
| 1:23.1 | It's made with ingredients like rabbit, chicken, green beans and a very big pan. |
| 1:29.6 | That's precisely where the name comes from. |
| 1:33.4 | You can, of course, have seafood paella, which surprise doesn't have chorizo either. |
| 1:40.3 | Now, if you prefer something sweet, you have to try La Orchata, or La Orchata in Valencian. |
| 1:50.7 | It's a refreshing plant-based drink made from chufas, tiger nuts. |
| 1:58.6 | And it's usually paired with soft, sugary pastries called fartons. |
| 2:04.9 | Perfect for dipping. |
| 2:07.1 | They're deliciousos, trust me. |
| 2:10.7 | Next top, Majorca for La Coca de Trampo. |
| 2:16.5 | La Coca de Trampo is a crispy flatbread top with tomato onion and red and green pepper. |
| 2:25.4 | Tomate, cebolla, pimento rojo, and pimento verde. |
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