Breakfast in the Pyrenees: Andorra

For a not insubstantial number of persons, the Principality of Andorra sits at the top of the heap of landlocked microstates. In the heart of the Pyrenees, a little French, a little Spanish, Andorra is obviously adorable. What concerns us here, of course, is Andorran breakfast.

Unable to get any definitive answers to the question of breakfast in Andorra through non-exhaustive internet research, we settled on a couple of Catalan dishes that seemed appropriate: truita de camagrocs and pa amb tomaquet.

The truita we made on the basis of the Spanish omelet recipe in our beat-to-hell copy of Vegan with a Vengeance, using chanterelle and hen-of-the-woods mushrooms. The romesco sauce that goes along with this recipe is simple and delicious and I would eat it on almost anything.

The pa amb tomaquet is a simple toasted bread (we cheated and got ours from Blackbird Baking Company) rubbed with cut garlic cloves and ripe tomatoes.

Put all of these things together and you have a damn good breakfast. The truita is rich and meaty, with the sauce providing a punch of color and fresh flavor. The toast is crunchy and satisfying. I have no idea if they really eat this in Andorra, but if they do, they are doing it right.

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