Editing Catalan cuisine (section)

==Basic ingredients==
Catalan cuisine relies heavily on [[ingredient]]s popular along the [[Mediterranean]] coast, including fresh [[vegetable]]s (especially [[tomato]], [[garlic]], [[eggplant]] (aubergine), [[capsicum]], and [[artichoke]]), wheat products ([[bread]], [[pasta]]), [[Arbequina]] [[olive oil]]s, [[wine]]s, legumes ([[bean]]s, [[chickpea]]s), [[Edible mushroom|mushrooms]] (particularly wild mushrooms), nuts (pine nuts, hazelnuts and almonds), all sorts of [[pork]] preparations ([[sausage]] from [[Vic, Catalonia|Vic]], [[ham]]), sheep and goats' [[cheese]], [[poultry]], [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]], many types of [[Fish as food|fish]] like [[Sardine (food)|sardine]], [[Anchovy (food)|anchovy]], [[Tuna as food|tuna]], and [[Cod (food)|cod]]{{sfn|Pujol|2009}} and other seafood like [[Shrimp and prawn as food|prawns]], [[Squid as food|squid]], [[sea snail]]s and [[Sea urchin as food|sea urchins]].

Traditional Catalan cuisine is quite diverse, ranging from pork-intensive dishes cooked in the inland part of the region (Catalonia is one of the main [[intensive pig farming|producers of swine products]] in Spain) to fish-based recipes along the coast.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1 =Pujol|first1 =Anton|title= Cosmopolitan Taste|journal = Food, Culture & Society|volume =12|issue =4|pages =437–455|doi =10.2752/175174409X456737|year =2009|s2cid =153752556}}</ref> These meat and seafood elements are frequently fused together in the Catalan version of [[surf and turf]], known as ''mar i muntanya''. Examples include chicken with lobster (''pollastre amb llagosta''), chicken with crayfish (''pollastre amb escarmalans''), rice with meat and seafood (''arròs mar i muntanya'') and cuttlefish with meatballs (''sipia amb mandonguilles'').

The cuisine includes many preparations that mix sweet and savoury and stews with sauces based upon ''[[botifarra]]'' (pork [[sausage]]) and the characteristic ''[[picada]]'' (ground [[almond]]s, [[hazelnut]]s, [[pine nut]]s, etc. sometimes with [[garlic]], [[herb]]s, [[biscuit]]s).{{sfn|Pujol|2009}}

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File:La Boqueria.JPG|Fruits from [[La Boqueria]] Market, [[Barcelona]]
File:Rovellons.jpg|''[[Lactarius deliciosus|Rovellons or Pinatells]]'', a tasty wild mushroom  
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