{"id":739,"date":"2017-02-03T13:27:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T13:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/?p=739"},"modified":"2024-03-03T17:29:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T17:29:22","slug":"sofrit-pages-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofrit Pag\u00e9s. Typical Recipe of Ibiza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-right kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;right&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;739&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - (1 vote)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sofrit Pag\u00e9s. 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If you can get your hands on some typical sausages called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">botifarra<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sobrasada <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then you will be able to give this recipe a very Ibizan twist. <strong>The Sofrit Pag\u00e9s recipe<\/strong> below doesn\u2019t include rabbit and goat\u2019s meat but you can add it to the pot as a legitimate variation if you want to. So let\u2019s see how to make the wonderfully Ibizan Sofrito Pag\u00e9s!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Content<\/p>\r\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/#Ingredients_for_4_people\" title=\"Ingredients for 4 people:\">Ingredients for 4 people:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/#Step_One_Prepare_the_Meat\" title=\"Step One: Prepare the Meat\">Step One: Prepare the Meat<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/#Step_Two_Prepare_the_Vegetables\" title=\"Step Two: Prepare the Vegetables\">Step Two: Prepare the Vegetables<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/#Frying_Pan_1\" title=\"Frying Pan 1:\">Frying Pan 1:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/#Frying_Pan_2\" title=\"Frying Pan 2:\">Frying Pan 2:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/#Frying_Pan_3\" title=\"Frying Pan 3:\">Frying Pan 3:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/#Step_Three_The_Finishing_Touches\" title=\"Step Three: The Finishing Touches\">Step Three: The Finishing Touches<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/sofrit-pages-recipe\/#Where_to_Eat_Sofrit_Pages_In_Ibiza\" title=\"Where to Eat Sofrit Pag\u00e9s In Ibiza\">Where to Eat Sofrit Pag\u00e9s In Ibiza<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ingredients_for_4_people\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ingredients for 4 people:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Half a kilo lamb<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Half a kilo free range chicken<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 potatoes or 40-50 <em>patat\u00f3\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(small Ibizan potatoes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 pieces of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sobrasada<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 pieces of <em>botifarra<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 artichokes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 green peppers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 large tomato or 1 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00f1ora<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (dried tomato)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 heads of garlic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 onion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A handful of fresh parsley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 bay leaves<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ground Pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/foQhfZAmvTs\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_One_Prepare_the_Meat\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step One: Prepare the Meat<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take the lamb (in chunks) and put it in a pan with water to boil. Add half an onion, a bay leaf and some salt to the water in the pan. As the water starts to boil, remove regularly any surface foam with a spoon or a small sieve. Boil the lamb for 60 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the lamb is boiling, do the same with the chicken pieces (also adding the half onion, bay leaf and salt). Boil the chicken for 45 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you are waiting for everything to boil, chop up finely the green peppers, slice a couple of cloves from one of the heads of garlic, chop the tomato or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00f1ora<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> up well, peel and cut up the potatoes into small chunks (if using <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">patat\u00f3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then leave whole) and quarter the artichokes. Grind up some garlic and parsley together.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When all the meat has been sufficiently boiled, sieve and save the resulting stock mixing it in the same container. Put the lamb and chicken stock to one side.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let the meat fully drain as you prepare a large, high-sided frying pan with olive oil. Heat the oil for a few minutes then add all of the lamb and chicken meat to nicely brown it. When thoroughly fried, reserve the meat in a large cooking pot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fry up the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">botifarra <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sobrasada<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a laurel leaf to be reserved with the meat then move on to the next step using the same \u2018dirty\u2019 pan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_Two_Prepare_the_Vegetables\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step Two: Prepare the Vegetables<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frying_Pan_1\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frying Pan 1:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fry in a fresh pan the potatoes or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">patat\u00f3 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with whole cloves in their skins of one head of garlic and some salt.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frying_Pan_2\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frying Pan 2:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the unwashed frying pan, add a spot of extra virgin olive oil and add the prepared green peppers and sliced garlic to fry. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few minutes and plenty of stirring later, add the dried or fresh tomato. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When that is almost done, add a tablespoon of the garlic and parsley mixture together with a bay leaf, salt and pepper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a few minutes, take a ladle and add five ladlesful of the lamb and chicken stock to the pan. Mix well. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add the fried vegetables and the rest of the stock to the reserved meat and let the juices mix.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frying_Pan_3\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frying Pan 3:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When mostly cooked through, add the potatoes or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">patat\u00f3 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the meat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fry up the artichokes and add them also to the meat (and by extension, the stock and vegetables).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_Three_The_Finishing_Touches\"><\/span>Step Three: The Finishing Touches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heat the cooking pot with all the ingredients in to get it up to temperature. Add in another tablespoonful of garlic and parsley for extra taste (cloves and cinnamon optional) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bon profit! <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as they say in Ibiza. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Enjoy your delicious Sofrit Pag\u00e9s with a lovely bottle of dry red wine<\/strong> and try to get hold of a typical Ibizan aniseed flavoured liqueur to aid with digestion. If you are making the most of a beautiful summers day or are having an Ibizan-themed event then prepare a large quantity of sangria for either before or during the meal depending on your audience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are looking<strong> to impress your Ibizan in-laws<\/strong> then you\u2019d better stick with a good quality red wine, and find those typical ingredients (also do not refer to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">botifarra<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a sausage as it tends to irritate the natives who are very proud of their\u2026 sausages).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_743\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-743\" class=\"wp-image-743 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SOFRIT_PAGES2.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SOFRIT_PAGES2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SOFRIT_PAGES2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SOFRIT_PAGES2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SOFRIT_PAGES2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: uncambiodeaires.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_Eat_Sofrit_Pages_In_Ibiza\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where to Eat Sofrit Pag\u00e9s In Ibiza<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Back in the day, fish was the main dish in Ibiza cuisine<\/strong>. Fish was so easy to come by that families started to fish for themselves and meat became the ingredient for special occasions. Thankfully, nowadays it is easier to come by! This typical recipe became a winter staple in a working man\u2019s diet and thus, that of his family. As a result, the best Sofrit Pag\u00e9s can be found in genuine family-run restaurants, like the restaurant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.uk\/Restaurant_Review-g652116-d985287-Reviews-Es_Rebost_de_Can_Prats-Sant_Antoni_de_Portmany_Ibiza_Balearic_Islands.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Es Robost de Can Prats<\/a> in Sant Antoni. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are not many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/ibiza\/restaurants\/\">restaurants in Ibiza<\/a> left that cook this recipe like it should be done. Some unfortunate tourists that tried this recipe elsewhere complained of it just being the leftovers of all the other meals. This is not how it is meant to taste. The family at Es Robost de Can Prats take pride in sharing their Ibizan culture with the rest of the world and therefore it is well worth a visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will find the <em>restaurant on Carrer Cervantes, number 4 (very close to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rentibizaholidayvillas.com\/rent-properties\/Villa-Paris-Cami-De-Sa-Vorera-San-Antonio-San-Antonio-Ibiza\/\">villa Paris, perfect for families<\/a>)<\/em>\u00a0The restaurant opens from 1pm to 4pm and 8pm to 12pm from Wednesday to Monday. So do not go out of your way to find it on a Tuesday because you will be bitterly disappointed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will be happy to know that you will not have to pay through the nose to get this delicious recipe as with main courses <strong>costing between 15 and 24 euros<\/strong> typically, this particular experience will not break the bank!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d12405.863972518047!2d1.3043229!3d38.9818599!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x7d168563adfd5926!2sRestaurante+Es+Rebost+de+Can+Prats!5e0!3m2!1ses!2ses!4v1486111565227\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a damp winters day, when Ibizan families are huddled around their fires at home, this festive recipe is called upon to stir the senses and warm the soul. 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