Restaurant
"El Corral del Castaño"
(Building of the XVIII century)
Capileira / La Alpujarra

Restaurant Capileira

El Corral del Castaño

Menu

Spanish

Rural Alpujarra
Poqueira Ravine
Capileira
Restaurant
"El Corral del Castaño"
For sale Capileira
Cortijo Los Castaños
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Contact:

monfis
Sierra Nevada
Barranco de Poqueira s/n
18413 Capileira / Granada

Tel.: + 34 958 763 425
info@owners-direct-rentals.com 

Salads:

Caramelized vegetable 
salad with goat cheese
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Salad from the vegetable garden
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Pineapple and crab mayonnaise with lettuce smoked salmon, cod and trout
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Roasted red pepper salad

Soups:

Boabdíl soup
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Garlic soup
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Nazarí cream
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Salmonejo with bits of Iberian ham
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Gazpacho

Suggestions:

Fried bread with port and mushrooms, goose foíe-gras,
garlic mayonnaise and honey sauce 
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Courgette stuffed with aubergine mousse, melted cheese an almonds
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Smoked salmon and fresh goat cheese in puff pastry with a curried leek sauce
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Red peppers stuffed with cod and prawns
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Fresh roasted vegetables with partridge and an orange vinaigrette sauce
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Sweet Spanish onions stuffed with minced beef and melted cheese
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Pork stuffed with chicken, prunes and raisins with a "Pedro Ximénez" sauce

Capileira  - La Alpujarra - Granada

We hope to see you soon, meanwhile you might dream about this lost paradise, where time stands still. Because once there was a time when you've "been here" forming part of a real dream converted into a legend.

This essence of passion and love was transformed into culinary art, where traditional cooking risen from a mixture of aromas and flavors converts a visit to this place into a journey to the past, where a long forgotten passion is reborn.

Red peppers with prawns	Mixed salad	Lamb Chops

The menu offers dishes of the most traditional and historical recipes carefully selected and prepared daily from the freshest ingredients available on the market

Enjoy the quiet and pleasant atmosphere,  observing the village's live on the central "Plaza"  beside the terrace, accompanied by one of the famous  and tasteful Spanish wines the restaurant's "bodega"  has to offer.

Three different dining rooms to choose the style and decoration you prefer for your dinner or lunch in the  most adequate atmosphere.  A total capacity for 97 persons presents a spacious environment for weddings and all kind of celebrations.

In "El Corral del Castaño" the gourmet traveller can find all the culinary essence 
of "La Alpujarra", which converts it into a magic and privileged place. 

To start with, one should try and taste the excellent Spanish wines, presented with tasteful "Tapas". 
- Tapas with cheese and ham, both from traditional local production, which are an example to find back to the since always good taste of the well done. 
- Tapas from the "new cuisine",  which make your five senses enjoy those little culinary artworks. 
- Our Tapas are, of course, accompanied by homemade bread and the best "virgin extra" olive oil to caress even the most pretentious palate. 

After having taken the aperitif in the bodega you should  enter the restaurant, arriving the dining room with it's simple but majestic architecture, that show the manorial Alpujarra houses of the XVIII century. 

In this part of the restaurant you can enjoy the genuine high quality cuisine 
of the owner with it's typical traditional Mediterranean taste and flavors. 

The elaboration of our courses is the result of our daily work and effort, where the only secret is: All our dishes are carefully prepared by slow cooking with products 
of the best quality in traditional homemade style.

With this combination of quality and a well done professional work, we achieved 
that our restaurant converted into a great exponent of La Alpujarra's kitchen range. 

Not to forget the great variety of wines to go with those rich courses. Wines from such  famous vineyards like; La Rioja,  Ritxora del Duero, Prioratos, etc...

To finish such a dinner or lunch, there is nothing better than to try our variety of homemade desserts, prepared by using antique recipes of almost forgotten times.

We await your visit; until then with kind regards, 
Carmen y Manuel

Contact Information: Mesón Rural: El Corral del Castaño Plaza del Calvario nº 16 18143 Capileira Las Alpujarras Granada Telephone: 958 763 414

Meat:

Lamb chops
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Iberian pork cheek in red wine sauce
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Big pork steak
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Ox steak
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Pork-knee roasted in it's juice

Traditional courses:

Pork cooked in it's own fat
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Pork with mushrooms and garlic
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"Papas a lo pobre"
(slowly fried potatoes with green/red peppers and onions)
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Homemade spicy pork sausages
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Homemade blood sausages

Desserts:

Cream tulip with walnuts in chestnut honey
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Cheese cake stuffed with white chocolate in tomato and almond cream
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Profiteroles with hot chocolate
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Fresh date and orange mousse
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"Millefeuille" filled with chestnut mousse
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Sweet milk rice a la
"Corral del Castaño"