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Hoyo de Manzanares, Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, Madrid

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Fighting-bull stew

Food and drink · Hoyo de Manzanares, Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, Madrid

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The caldereta de toro de lidia is a stew typical of the northern Community of Madrid, eaten at the patron-saint festivals of various towns, though it has also spread to Guadalajara and Extremadura. It originated in Hoyo de Manzanares in 1787, the year the village was founded, attributed to the bullfighter nicknamed “Filigranas” or “El Calderetero”, famous in the 18th century for cooking the bulls he himself fought. It is made with lean fighting-bull meat — traditionally the tail, very gelatinous — and potatoes, stewed with onion, carrot, pepper, white wine and fried tomato, with garlic, oil and, sometimes, a splash of cognac; it is handed out in sandwiches in the square during the patron-saint festivals in early September. The tradition was declared a fiesta de interés turístico regional (a regional tourist-interest designation) in 2011.

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