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Cockle of the Ortigueira estuary

Ortigueira, Ortegal, A Coruña

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Cockle of the Ortigueira estuary

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Cockle of the Ortigueira estuary

The sands of the estuary produce cockles and clams of great quality, worked on foot by the shellfish gatherers; in the comarca they are prepared sautéed with onion and paprika, beyond the canning that made the area famous.

Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez(Lmbuga) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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