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mortadella
thumb| PGI from Italy Mortadella () is a large made of finely hashed or ground cured pork, which incorporates at least 15% small cubes of pork fat (principally the hard fat from the neck of the pig). It is traditionally flavoured with peppercorns, but modern versions can also contain pistachios or, less commonly, myrtle berries. The sausage is then cooked.
Niçard salad
composed tomato, egg, fish and vegetable salad
spaghetti alla puttanesca
Neapolitan pasta dish with tomatoes, olive oil, olives, capers, garlic (and sometimes anchovies)
Caponata
Caponata (Sicilian: capunata) is a Sicilian dish consisting of chopped, fried eggplant and other vegetables, seasoned with olive oil, tomato sauce, celery, olives, and capers, in an agrodolce (sweet and sour) sauce.
fougasse
bread
chermoula
Chermoula (Berber: tacermult or tacermilt, ) or charmoula is a marinade and relish used in Algerian, Libyan, Moroccan and Tunisian cooking. It is traditionally used to flavor fish or seafood, but it can be used on other meats or vegetables. It is somewhat similar to the Latin American chimichurri.
tapenade
Tapenade (; ) is a Provençal name for a spread, condiment and culinary ingredient consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, and sometimes anchovies. The name comes from the Provençal word for capers, (). It is a popular food in the south of France, where it is generally eaten as an hors d'œuvre spread on bread, with fish, in salads, and sometimes used to stuff poultry for the main course.
Chivito
national dish of Uruguay
Bacalhau à Brás
Portuguese codfish dish
Dakos
Dakos or ntakos (), also known as koukouvagia or koukouvayia (κουκουβάγια) or kouloukopsomo, is a Cretan horiatiki consisting of a slice of soaked paximadi that is topped with tomatoes and cheeses such as feta or mizithra. The salad is then flavored with herbs such as dried oregano. Ingredients such as olives, capers, and caper berries are also often added to the dish.
picadillo
thumb|Picadillo served with rice Picadillo (, "mince") is a traditional dish in many Latin American countries including Mexico and Cuba, as well as the Philippines. It is made with ground meat (most commonly beef), tomatoes (tomato sauce may be used as a substitute), and also raisins, olives, and other ingredients that vary by region. The name comes from the Spanish word picar, meaning "to mince".
salteña
thumb|Inside of a , featuring its sweet, mildly spicy sauce|117x117px A '''' is a Bolivian type of baked empanada, a type of turnover. are savory pastries filled with beef, pork or chicken mixed in a sweet, slightly spicy sauce containing olives, raisins, ají, potatoes and sometimes egg. Vegetarian are sometimes available at certain restaurants. Salteñas'' are filled with a juicy gelatin-based stew that is solid when prepared, but melts when they are baked; the pastry is hard and sweet, not like other empanadas.
Maltese bread
sourdough bread from Malta
bocadillo
The ' () or ' (in Cheli), in Spain, is a sandwich made with Spanish bread, usually a baguette or similar type of bread, cut lengthwise. Traditionally seen as a humble food, its low cost has allowed it to evolve over time into a representative piece of cuisine. In Spain, they are often eaten in cafes and tapas bars.
Esqueixada
thumb|Esqueixada Esqueixada () is a traditional Catalan dish, a salad of shredded salt cod, tomatoes, onions, olive oil and vinegar, salt, and sometimes a garnish of olives or hard-boiled eggs. Specific recipes vary, with some including ingredients such as eggplant and bell peppers. Esqueixada is particularly popular in warm weather and is sometimes considered a summertime dish. It is often served as a tapas dish.
Esgarrat
Esgarraet (from Valencian esgarradet, meaning "torn apart") is a typical dish from the Valencian community in Spain. It consists of grilled red pepper salad, cured cod, garlic, olive oil. Some variations also add black olives. The name derives from the preparation technique that requires to rip both the peppers and the fish in fine strips.
muffuletta
Muffuletta or muffaletta is a type of round Sicilian sesame bread, as well as a popular sandwich, created by a Sicilian immigrant to the United States, that was popularized in the city of New Orleans.
Olive bread
bread with chopped olives
Kabkabou
Kabkabou or Kabkabu () is a fish and tomato stew traditionally prepared in Tunisia. The dish consists of a sauce in which fish steak is cooked, and capers, olives and lemons are added. Many species of fish are used, such as grouper, angel shark, tuna or mackerel. The main ingredients used in the preparation are onion, olive oil, tomato paste, garlic, harissa, salt, pepper, cumin, caper, lemon, pitted black olives, pitted green olives and saffron.
Pepito
Type of sandwich
Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá
typical fish from Porto, Portugal
olive all'ascolana
Italian appetizer
Bacalhau à minhota
traditional codfish dish from Alto Minho, Portugal