Pa amb Oli: Majorcan recipe
Pa amb Oli is one of the most common dinners among Mallorcans. When we meet friends for lunch or dinner, in order not to make things too complicated, we buy good bread, tomatoes, olive oil, some sausages and a few products such as fonoll mar, capers or Mallorcan olives.
Although it is an easy dish to prepare, we are going to explain step by step how to make a pamboli:
First step; main ingredient, bread.
The first step is to choose a good bread, with a crusty crust and a dense, juicy crumb. If we want, we can also toast the bread.
Step two, a good olive oil and good tomatoes.
The second step is to choose a good olive oil and good tomatoes. At Sabor de Mallorca we can find different types of oil to prepare our pamboli. If you like a mild oil it is Xanthurus oil and if you like something more intense it is Oli de Muntanya.
According to Mallorcan tradition, the ideal tomato for this dish is the ramellet tomato, as it is easy to rub into the bread, but if not, we can use normal grated tomatoes, adding a little salt and oil to make it easy to spread.
Spread the tomato and then drizzle the olive oil over the bread.
Third step: sausages.
The third step is to choose the sausages. We can use any sausage we like such as cuixot - porc negre ham, porc negre loin with cortì tap, Llomito - porc negre pork loin, porc negre sausage, xoriço de pro negre, fuet sobrassada, camaiot and different types of cheese. It is advisable to take them out of the fridge before eating them, in order to enjoy their flavour.
Last step: the extras.
Olives, gherkins, sea fonoll or capers. Finally, we must accompany our pamboli with a wrapped product or similar. For example, some Sóller D.O. olives, either whole or plaited, or some Llubinera capers or Llubinera Fonoll marí (sea fennel), which you can find in the Sabor de Mallorca online shop.
We hope you have enjoyed this simple Mallorcan pamboli recipe and that you will surprise your family and friends.