The twelfth Conference of the Tuna will be held from April 3 to May 15

Hospitalet de l'Infant. Costa Dorada. The celebration of the 6th Day of the Tuna Hospitalet de l'Infant, scheduled for Sunday 3 April, will mark the beginning of the twelfth Conference of the Tuna. This day, 11 hours, people will be tasting the tuna clotxa and children's entertainment show in the Plaza de la Marina. This scenario is expected to be allocated 850 servings of this recipe that combines the sea and the mountains of L'Hospitalet seafaring tradition of the villages inside the municipality, accompanied by wine, priced at $ 2 each. From that day until 15 May, a total of 10 restaurants, of which 8 are in L'Hospitalet (L'Olla, The Solomillo, salt, El Pescador, La Caleta del Puerto, Boat, and Topolino Deviteca) 1 Pratdip (La Cocina de Carlos) and 1 Tivissa (Missamaroi) offer special menus with tuna as the protagonist, at a price of 30 euros approximately. Thus, participating in this conference will have the opportunity to sample various culinary proposals, based on the quality and creativity, such as fresh tuna loin with foie gras on a bed of caramelized leeks, red tuna with Almadrava Romesco sauce, pine nuts and raisins, tuna tartare with avocado and chives, shrimp, tuna and jelly, tuna tossed with bundles of vegetables and cassava chips, etc.. In addition, the Tourism Board in Hospitalet de l'Infant of Laurel Valley and has organized, as usual, free cooking classes, where students can learn some recipes from restaurants that tuna take part in the conference this year. The registration deadline is April 5 at the Tourist Board of L'Hospitalet. The groups will be 12 people maximum. On the occasion of the XII Conference of Tuna, also on 18, 19 and 20 May be drawn on Radio Hospitalet de l'Infant 40 dinners at restaurants collaborators among people who have tasted the succulent recipes chefs. Those who taste the gastronomic menu of three different restaurants of the conference will gain entrance to PortAventura. A total of 100 invitations will be delivered. The tuna, a brand of culinary council Tuna is the product for culinary excellence in Hospitalet de l'Infant. It is a blue fish with a hard texture, but it gives a great melositat fat that accumulates at the moment it is caught, when in full migration to warmer waters to lay their eggs. Precisely in this lies the migration links with the town of Vandellòs Hospitalet de l'Infant. Formerly, during his trip to warm waters, the tuna is caught using a technique called "trap" which was to encircle the fish with nets to catch them with harpoons. Because this system was effective, needed in the form of bay beaches and not too deep, a feature of the coast of L'Hospitalet de l'Infant (actually, one of the emblematic beach town called "The Almadrava , which in turn also gives its name to a town center). For hundreds of years, this event attracted anglers from around the Mediterranean that took advantage of the characteristics of the local beaches to fish tuna, just a passing place as the Costa Dorada. The presence of these fishermen left a great culinary tradition and an important mark of identity. Indeed, Tarragona Province this year has included recipes restaurants Hospitalet de l'Infant in the informative booklet edited by promoting red tuna Ametlla de Mar.  

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