page_title: Cuisine of Menorca
section_title: Specialties
hierarchical_section_title: Cuisine of Menorca / Specialties
caption_attribution_description: English: Ingredients and tools used in mayonnaise sauce (teapot is optional) "mahonesa" made in Mahón (in the Balearic Islands, Mediterranean Sea, Spain). It is made with a glass of olive oil and an egg (yolk+white), and seasoned with a pinch of salt and some drops of lemon juice or vinegar. To make 'mahonesa' sauce, we put the egg and salt in the mortar and we drop little by little the olive oil (we use the special glass botle of the photo) with one hand whereas we stir with the other hand to make an emulsion. Finaly we can add citron juice or vinegar. We can use a mixer instead of the traditional mortar. Català: Ingredients per a fer la mahonesa clàssica catalana: oli d'oliva, ou, une gotes de llimona (o vinagre) i sal. També es pot apreciar el morter on es fa tradicionalment (tot i que també es pot fer amb batidora o amb un sifó a l'actualitat) i el setrill per a tirar l'oli poc a poc.
context_page_description: Minorcan cuisine refers to the typical food and drink of Minorca.
  Minorca is a rocky island in the Balearic archipelago in Spain, consisting of eight municipalities. Featuring a Mediterranean climate, the weather is milder in the south while in the north there are strong winds all year round. Marine salt, carried by the wind to the pastures where cows graze, is what gives the cheese its typical flavour. Fish is a certain source of food, but additionally, there are horses, pigs and cows. Agriculture is small-scale and varied, consisting of typical Mediterranean products. Within this typical Mediterranean cuisine there are also the influences of various invading people, particularly the English, who brought plum cake, puddings, and punch. The rural and marine cuisine is mostly based on greens and vegetables from one's own garden, locally produced meat, and fish and seafood caught in the same day. Cold cuts are used as seasoning. Olive oil, although not produced on the island, is also a fundamental ingredient in local dishes.
  Minorcan cuisine is at times a survival cuisine, which preserves the original flavour of its high-quality products to the maximum.
caption: Basic ingredients of mayonnaise: eggs, olive oil and lemon juice
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