The pig the main character of the kitchen

Of the meat of the pig it is of the one that we find but variety of products, be already puddings, sausage, conserves in salted, “secallones”, "xoriços"…It's frequent that to many towns still the slaughter of the pig every year is made and the whole fan of products is made. It can also be in many towns like for example Sant Guim de Freixenet, Torà, Sant Antolí, Granyena, and certainly, the two bigger villages, Cervera and Guissona, stores of sausage landlord; here yes that there is not neither treserving neither coloring, . The sausages they are some of the main characters of more success of sausages of the pig, very good to make to the ember or fried to the paella. As typical plate of the Segarra we can to et "El ahogado de la Segarra", fact with the help of pig.

The orchard

In the markets that weekly are made to the district, they can be fruits of the completed vegetable garden of catching coming from all Lleida. To find fresh vegetables it can also leave to the stores of the towns where some payes brings every day it leaves of the crop..

The Snails

In the Segarra it is also typical to eat snails and we will find different places where to eat. As curiosity, in Cervera they can be caught snails of the field, not of farms, and so much can be the "bover", as the "viñal", all of an exceptional quality. For the Fair of Sant Isidre of Cervera, the year 2005, it celebrate the first Market of the Snail where one came, besides the snail, all that surrounds this world.

Hunt specialties

The Segarra is hunters' earth. It is hunted the forest rabbit or the partridge so much, as the boar. In time of hunt, it can be some restaurant or inn that he/she cooks these specialties. The rabbit is made with aromatic grasses, the partridge to the vinaigrette and the pig stewed boar, although we can also find the stewed rabbit.

The " Cocas" and " Empanadas"

In the bakeries and pastry shops we find those “panadons” that can be described as “a panada” of very fine pasta of bread and padded toast of spinaches, raisins and pinenuts. We buy the “coc”, that is a cake where above there is pepper, eggplant, sausage or sardine, although it is also of marrow and onion or of other vegetables and condiments.

The liquors and the wine

Quite well-known is the liquor of the Aromas of the Segarra, a liquor stomach fact with the help of grasses of the area.

The pastry shop

The Segarra can show off of having good pastrycooks artisans that although they follow the tendencies pastrycooks and even believe of own, they have never forgotten the classic pastry shop without modifications. In Cellars (municipality of Torà) chocolate is elaborated.
It is necessary to highlight the bread and the bread of “pessic” of Sant Guim, the angel hair, the snowy ones, the savinas and the morenetas, without forgetting those “carquinyolis” of Guissona.

The cheeses

In Freixenet we find the factory of products lactic artisans, The Pastoret of the Segarra.

The honey

In Sant Guim of Freixenet and to Sant Antolí, is two elaborating of honey that is marketed by the whole district.

The oil

In the Segarra there is also some mill of olive oil that in the time of having pressed sell oil to the public. To the Cooperative of the Gray-headed ones we find oil of olive of first quality. If he/she wants to be more offer of oils we can come closer to the neighboring districts: l'Urgell and Them Garrigues.