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The Lea-Artibai region's cuisine is rich and varied. Dishes are based on each season's freshest farm and sea products. The gastronomic offer includes three specialities that have come to symbolise this region: Ondarresa-style hake, marmitako (Basque stew made with potatoes and tuna), and charcoal-grilled tuna, popularly known as atunerri.
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Ondarresa-style hake
Ondarresa-style hake is Ondarroa's most notable dish. Its preparation, as simple as it is exquisite, has led this dish to be on the menus of the country's best restaurants.
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Marmitako
Marmitako, another classical dish, is based on white tuna from the Cantabrian Sea. Their name comes from the marmita or pot used by the arrantzales (fishermen) to cook it on board.
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Tuna and sapo (monkfish)
Tuna and sapo (monkfish) grilled over charcoal, are two specialities that outsiders should not miss. Of course, they should be washed down with plenty of good txakoli wine or the regional cider.
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Historically, the orographic and social diversity of the Lea-Artibai region has encouraged the production of top quality home-grown foodstuffs.
The green and mountainous inland produces cheese, txakoli wine, home-bottled vegetables, and homemade confectionary.
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Cheese
The cheese produced by the Lea-Artibai region's shepherds (particularly in the Markina-Xemein area) is the highly appreciated Idiazabal cheese, made from latxa, or milk from the local ewes. Doctor Gregorio Marañón was a great advocate of this cheese.
BUY CHEESE:
Patxi Baskaran. Sta. Marina Baserria.
Barinaga (Markina-Xemein).Tel. 946166231.
Florencio Txurruka. Barroeta Torre Baserria
(Markina-Xemein) Tel. 946168824.
Joaquin Iriarte. Eizar Baserria
(Markina-Xemein).Tel. 946168299.
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Txakoli wine from Biscay
Other products with the Guarantee of Origin and Quality is txakoli wine (labelled Txakoli de Bizkaia), a characteristically sharp-tasting wine. According to many experts, it is the best wine for fish dishes. It is produced mainly in the towns of Mendexa and Markina-Xemein.
BUY TXAKOLI WINE:
Jose Antonio Bilbao. Axpe Baserria
(Markina-Xemein) . Tel. 946168285.
Juan Amailobeitia Laka Goiko Baserria.
(Berriatua). Tel. 946139178.
Laneko Cooperativa. Poli. Okamika.
(Gizaburuaga). Tel. 946842026 / 946842211.
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Apple cider
Apple cider, sagardoa in Basque, is another traditional beverage that is popular in cider bars and restaurants. Apple cider production in the region, particularly in the Ziortza Abbey in Zenarruza, was documented as early as the Lower Middle Ages.
BUY APPLE CIDER:
Jose Antonio Bilbao. Axpe Baserria
(Markina-Xemein) . Tel. 946168285.
Juan Amailobeitia Laka Goiko Baserria.
(Berriatua). Tel. 946139178.
Laneko Cooperativa. Poli. Okamika.
(Gizaburuaga). Tel. 946842026 / 946842211.
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Homemade vegetables
Homemade vegetable preserves are another foodstuff activity in the Lea-Artibai region. One good example is the Laneko de Gizaburuaga co-op, which specialises in vegetable preserves, jam and apple cider made from local products and commercialised under the Lea-Artibai brand name.
BUY HOMEMADE VEGETABLES:
Laneko. Okamikako poligonoan.
(Gizaburuaga). Tel. 946842026.
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Tinned fish
Tinned fish are another speciality of the region. Located in the coastal towns, most of the canning factories specialise in tinned tuna and Cantabrian anchovies, which are highly prestigious at the international level.
BUY TINNED FISH:
Aguirreoa, S.A..(Ondarroa)
Tel. 946134472 / 946134038.
Comefino,(Markina-Xemein)
Tel. 946168379.
Dentici, S.L. (Markina-Xemein)
Tel. 946166251.
Heisa (Ondarroa)
Tel. 946831960.
Conservas Guenaga. S.A. (Berriatua)
Tel. 946139015 / 946832706.
Matithor Iberica. S.L. (Berriatua)
Tel. 946139017 / 946134493.
Marino Martinez de Luco S.L.
(MarMar)(Ondarroa)
Tel. 946832132.
Conservas Ortiz S.A.
Tel. 946134101 (Ondarroa)
Tel. 946840804 (Lekeitio)
Yurrita e Hijos (Lekeitio)
Tel. 946842449
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Cocote from Markina
In bakery and confectionary, in addition to homemade bread from our farmhouse ovens and homemade chocolate, you will find the famous Cocote de Markina casseroles that have made Markina known in the most important cookbooks on confectionary.
BUY COCOTES FROM MARKINA:
Tate Gozotegia. Abesua Kalea. 3.
(Markina-Xemein). Tel. 946166069.
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