Eat in Toledo
Search Toledo dishes by craving — carcamusas, mazapán de toledo, migas manchegas and more.
6 dishes worth going out of your way for in Toledo, 3 of them vegetarian. Each one lists where to eat it, because the dish and the room that does it well are not the same question.
Leave room for Mazapán de Toledo.
Migas manchegas is a breakfast thing here, and sells out by mid-morning.
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6 Toledo dishes found
MildLean pork stewed down in tomato with peas and a little heat, served in an earthenware cazuela with bread and often chips. Ordered as a tapa at the bar or as a full ración at a table.
€6–12
Best around: Calle Alfileritos, off Zocodover and Plaza de la Magdalena
Ground almonds and sugar, worked together and baked briefly so the surface glazes — sold as small shaped figuritas, as the eel-shaped anguila with a candied-fruit filling, and as the crisp-topped marquesitas.
€3–20 depending on the box
Best around: Calle Santo Tomé, with a second counter on Zocodover
MildStale bread torn small, dampened, and fried in olive oil with garlic and paprika until the crumbs separate and crisp, then finished with chorizo and pork belly — and, on a good plate, grapes or a fried egg on top.
€7–12
Best around: Plaza de San Nicolás
Whole partridge stewed slowly with a great deal of onion, garlic, bay, thyme and peppercorns under white wine, until the bird gives way and the sauce reduces around it.
€20–32
Best around: Calle del Hombre de Palo, beside the cathedral and Calle Alfileritos, off Zocodover
Courgette, onion, green and red pepper and tomato cooked down separately in olive oil and then together until everything collapses. Served warm or cold, often with a fried egg over it, sometimes with ham.
€6–11
Best around: Calle del Hombre de Palo, beside the cathedral and Calle Alfileritos, off Zocodover
Sheep's-milk cheese from the Manchega breed, pressed in the basketweave mould that leaves the zigzag pattern on the rind, and sold at anything from three months to more than a year old.
€5–14 a plate
Best around: Calle del Hombre de Palo, beside the cathedral and Plaza de la Magdalena
