# The best traditional dishes of the Balearic Islands

The most typical food of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. According to Spain's CIS survey, frit mallorquí is the islanders' favourite dish. Also Wikipedia and the Michelin Guide.

- 65 votes · 12 items
- Aug 16, 2024 · cucharon84
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## Top 10

1. **Frit mallorquí** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Lamb or pork meat and offal fried with potato, pepper and fennel; the dish most named in the CIS survey.
2. **Caldereta de langosta** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Menorcan spiny lobster stew with sofrito, served with bread; Fornells is its capital.
3. **Tumbet** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Layers of fried potato, aubergine and pepper with tomato sauce.
4. **Pa amb oli** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Brown bread with ramallet tomato, oil, cheese and cured meats.
5. **Sopes mallorquines** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Thick seasonal vegetable soup with thin slices of brown bread.
6. **Ensaimada de Mallorca** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Spiral pastry made with lard, plain or with pumpkin jam; PGI.
7. **Arròs brut** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Soupy rice with rabbit, chicken, sausages and spices like cinnamon and clove.
8. **Flaó** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Cheese and mint tart from Ibiza.
9. **Bullit de peix** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Ibizan fish stew followed by arroz a banda.
10. **Sobrasada with honey** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Mallorcan sobrasada spread on warm bread with a drizzle of honey.
11. **Coca de trempó** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Flatbread topped with pepper, tomato and onion salad.
12. **Mahón-Menorca cheese** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Square cow's milk cheese, PDO.

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