Spanish food at Christmas

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When it is Christmas Eve or ‘Ia Nochebuena’, as it is known in Spain, there are two important traditions – attending Christmas mass and. second, enjoying a meal with friends and family.
There is a wide variety of typical foods one might find on plates across Spain on this particular night and each region, has its own distinct specialties.

It is particularly common, however for christmas food in spain, to start with a seafood dish. such as prawns or salmon, followed by a bowl of hot, homemade soup. The main meal will commonly consist of roast lamb, or seafood, such as cod or shellfish.
For dessert there is quite a spread of delicacies, among them are ‘turron’, a dessert made of honey, egg and almonds that is Arabic in origin made with almonds, sugar and different flavours (Here: Jijona, Yema, Alicante).