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Gachas

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Gachas is an ancestral, basic dish of central and southern Spain, prepared as a gruel whose main ingredients are flour, water, olive oil, garlic, paprika, and salt. It is considered a staple food of the Andalusian region, reflecting a simple, low-cost peasant cooking tradition built around milled grain.

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Origin Region
Andalusia, Castile-La Mancha, parts of Comunidad de Madrid, Region of Murcia, parts of Extremadura and Valencia 1
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In Cuisine

Source Wikipedia, Gachas

Uses Ingredient

Maize, Ingredients
Source Wikipedia, Gachas
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Sources
1. Wikipedia, Gachas
  • Infobox, region
    Andalusia, Castile-La Mancha, parts of Comunidad de Madrid, Region of Murcia, parts of Extremadura and Valencia
  • Uses Ingredient: Maize, Infobox main_ingredient field: Wheat flour, grass pea flour or corn flour
  • In Cuisine: Spanish Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Gachas is an ancestral basic dish of central and southern Spain.
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Wikidata: Gachas
Wikidata Q950976, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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