Food
Mallorca is fast becoming a favourite gastronomic destination; the culinary style of the island centres on authenticity, simplicity and seasonality, with emphasis on fine local produce.
“Olives, almonds, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, apricots, oranges, lemons, grapes, pomegranates, persim-mons and many other fruits and vegetables grow prodigiously across the island. The sea too offers up its bounty, with squid, prawns, cuttlefish, mussels and a wide variety of fish landed in harbours around the coast.
For meat lovers, the specialities are lamb and pork, with particular emphasis on the latter. Mallorca’s very own indigenous breed of pig, the Negre Mallorquí, produces a fabulous range of cured specialities, including sobra-sada (a paprika-rich spreadable salame) and butifarones (blood sausage).”
In recent years Mallorca has emerged as a creative hub of gastronomy; 2022 saw the number of Michelin stars on the island rise to ten, all of which are within 30 minutes of Santa Ponsa, whilst the closest, Es Fum is just a ten minute car ride away.
