{"id":611,"date":"2019-04-08T10:05:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T10:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/?p=611"},"modified":"2021-09-23T00:26:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T22:26:26","slug":"black-pudding-latest-super-food-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/en\/black-pudding-latest-super-food-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Pudding – The Latest Super Food Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Pudding has been an integral part of Spanish food tradition since generations. Recently, it gained huge popularity all over the world<\/a><\/strong><\/span> when a few scientists claimed it as a nutrient-rich, super food just like broccoli, kale, and spinach. Well, there is no escaping the fact that black puddings are made from pigs\u2019 fat and blood. Although its dark black color makes it a little foreboding for many, this dish was particularly made with an intention to use up a plentiful by-product. \u00a0To make it, blood and fat from pigs\u2019 meat are mixed with fat and oatmeal, before being packed into the casing. The sausage is then served boiled, fried, grilled and cut into rounds or crumbled into small pieces. The spices and seasonings may vary from region to region.<\/p>\n

Although traditionally made from pigs’ fats, these days, you can find plenty of vegetarian black puddings packed with lots of oats or barley. <\/span>Apart from black puddings, you can also find white puddings which do not contain any blood, hence have a pale hue. <\/span>Read on here to learn a few facts about black pudding, how to serve it and if it has nutritional kudos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Is Black Pudding good for health?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Black puddings are packed with too many nutrients, such as protein, iron, magnesium, and zinc. <\/span>But on the flip side, it is high in calorie content and amount of salt per 100gm. <\/span>Moreover, frying rather than baking can add the amount of fat and salt content to multiple times. <\/span>Considering all these factors, we suggest you consume it on an occasional basis and that too in less quantity (approximately 75 g)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How to serve Black Pudding<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Pudding is usually sliced in a round, cylindrical shape and is deep-fried before serving for breakfast. <\/span>But often the Pudding is also crumbled and mixed with other dishes, such as mashed potatoes, bubble and squeak Adding them to other food items enhances the flavor to multiple times.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Serve it in the mash<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tucking in thick slices of back pudding might not taste good. <\/span>But when mashed and mixed with another dish, it will taste great and multiply the original taste of that dish. <\/span>This idea is especially great for those who do not like to eat a huge quantity of Black pudding.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Use it as seasoning<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Given the fact that black pudding is a super cheffy ingredient, culinary experts insist on teaming with scallops and cereals as seasoning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In potato cakes<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Black pudding and spuds are a winning match, and these delicious patties are served with a tangy chutney to offset all that tasty stodge. <\/span>Top her with some pieces of fried egg for brunchtime perfection.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As of stuffing<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s always nice to cook a little differently for Christmas dinner. <\/span>Black pudding, when used as the center of a pork fillet parcel, makes a party-friendly dish that is best served with rhubarb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In stew<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The black pudding when combined with lamb, wholegrain mustard and tasty gravy, all topped with sliced potatoes make a hearty food.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Warm black pudding salad<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This wintery recipe uses thick slices of black pudding<\/strong> instead of sausages in a warm salad of red cabbage, carrots, apples, hazelnuts and tangy cider vinegar and honey dressing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These were all you needed to know about <\/span><\/span>Black Pudding. If you like to try any traditional or modern dish, only in combination with this food item, then place your order with <\/span><\/span>Gastronomic Spain<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. We use organically sourced ingredients and authentic techniques to prepare delicious and nutrient-rich food items.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Black Pudding has been an integral part of Spanish food tradition since generations. Recently, it gained huge popularity all over the world when a few scientists claimed it as a nutrient-rich, super food just like broccoli, kale, and spinach. Well, there is no escaping the fact that black puddings are made from pigs\u2019 fat and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1276,1274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-pudding","category-charcuterie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6223,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/6223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}