Have you ever eaten Salmorejo? Salmorejo is a typical Spanish dish that we usually eat in the summer. But… ¿What ingredients are in Salmorejo? ¿where does this recipe from? and the most important thing How it is cooked? I propose you to discover this delicious and refreshing dish while practising Spanish. Are you ready?
What is Salmorejo?
Salmorejo is a typical Andalusian dish. The best known variant is the one from Córdoba. The Salmorejo was born in the ”jornaleros” (working class) of Andalusia, as cheap food that labourers had during their work days. It was the women who, at dawn, began to knead the ingredients to create this delicious recipe, so that it was ready before dawn, by the time the workers began to work.
If you want to cook it at home then, here you can find the Salmorejo recipe so you can enjoy this healthy dish.

La receta
Ingredientes
- 1 kg de tomates
- 150 gramos de miga de pan
- 100 ml de aceite de oliva virgen
- un diente de ajo
- una pizca de sal
- 2 huevos
- taquitos de jamón serrano
Elaboración
Cuece los huevos durante 10 minutos. Sácalos del agua y resérvalos.
Lava los tomates, pélalos y córtalos en trozos. Ponlos en la batidora.
Tritúralos bien unos minutos. Pela un ajo y añádelo a la batidora.
Añade la miga de pan, la sal y el aceite de oliva. Vuelve a triturar toda la mezcla
Pon la mezcla en la nevera y déjala enfriar al menos una hora.
Presentación
Sirve el salmorejo bien frío. Pela los huevos y córtalos en trozos pequeños.
Decora cada plato con el huevo y el jamón por encima. Y… ¡a comer!
A practicar con un video…
Do you want to download this recipe in pdf? Please click here!
Vocabulary list
- Los tomates = the tomatoes
- Un diente de ajo = 1 clove of garlic
- El aceite de oliva = The olive oil
- La sal = the salt
- La miga de pan = the breadcrumb
- El huevo = the egg
- Taquitos de jamón Serrano = Serrano ham in cubes
- Cocer = boilt
- Lavar = wash
- Pelar =peel
- Añadir = add
- Triturar = blend
How to conjugate the imperative in the Spanish grammar
The imperative for the 2nd person singular (tú)
Giving orders, recommendations and instructions in Spanish
lavar (infinitive) / tú lavas ( present indicative) / lava ( imperative)
To conjugate the imperative in the 2nd person singular (tú) we need to remove the -s from the 2nd person singular (tú) form of the present indicative. However, the personal pronoun is not used.
The imperative for the 2nd person plural (vosotros/-as)
Giving orders, recommendations and instructions in Spanish
To conjugate the positive imperative for the 2nd person plural (vosotros) we take the infinitive and replace the -r with a -d.
cortar / cortad
comer / comed
vivir / vivid
Now practice the imperative in Spanish with this exercise..
Practice the Salmorejo vocabulary
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