Extremaduran Recipes

Extremaduran cuisine from western Spain's rugged borderlands is a tradition of pastoral simplicity built on the dehesa — vast oak woodlands where Ibérico pigs forage on acorns. The region produces Spain's finest jamón ibérico de bellota, torta del Casar cheese, and pimentón de la Vera (smoked paprika). Signature dishes include migas extremeñas, caldereta de cordero, and zorongollo. This is a cuisine of intense, elemental flavors forged in one of Spain's least urbanized landscapes.