Menu and Visigoth Kiss

Riba-Roja de Túria is one of the few municipalities that has Visigoda era deposits. For this reason, the area of ​​tourism and heritage promotes and disseminates the Visigothic culture in all its aspects. He commissioned chef Joan Clement, together with scientists, archaeologists and paleontologists, the collection of the basic diet of the Visigothic civilization, through the archaeological remains found in the deposits of Valencia La Vella and Pla de Nadal.

Thus this menu emerged that includes typical dishes of the Visigothic era, such as the "Minutal Avis Amulum" or the "Visigoth kiss", which will delight lovers of history and gastronomy, a unique experience to immerse yourself in the Visigothic culture.

The Visigoth kiss, is a sweet made of almond flour, egg, honey, fresh and frosty fruit, inspired by an old legend. When Dux Tebdemir met Teodora, he was totally pledged to her. And without thinking, he did not hesitate to immediately ask for his hand. This marriage symbolized the union between two cultures that lived in harmony at that time in the Peninsula. He was a noble from the Gode world and she a Hispanic-Roman nobleman. The wedding day, Tebdemir called their chefs and asked them to cook something special to entertain their beloved and guests. For this, the cook used what the delicious almond represented the most- that in the form of flour was mixed with eggs, wheat and sweetened with fresh and frosty fruit. At this time, frosted fruit was a very precious element. Well, very few had time and resources so that, in full maturation of the fruit, to be able to amend it and dry it to consume in times. This is how Tebdemir ordered their chefs to hide the fruit inside the dough to surprise their diners. And that, when trying the sweet, everyone knew how the sweet kisses of their beloved Teodora know.

The Visigoth kiss, which can be found in all the traditional furnaces of the municipality, has become the original gift of love to our partner on Valentine's Day.