Tumbet: a true taste of farming Mallorca

No matter where your gastronomic adventures take you in Mallorca you cannot help coming across tumbet. Bursting with fresh local produce it is little surprise that tumbet is a popular traditional dish. If you love ratatouille or simply fresh summer vegetables, you are in for a treat with tumbet. 

Potatoes, aubergines and red bell peppers combine to form the flavoursome base of tumbet. The dish is typically crowned with a tasty topping of tomatoes, garlic and parsley. 

Tumbet throws so much fresh seasonal produce into one delicious dish. Just as well that Mallorca is blessed with rich fertile farmlands. This is great news for visitors looking to immerse themselves in real rural Mallorca. Now you can not only taste cuisine harvested from Mallorca farms, like tumbet. You can also stay in the heart of this bountiful countryside.

Picture yourself staying in a beautifully restored traditional Mallorcan farm surrounded by flourishing crops. Grains, olives, vegetables, almonds and oranges are just some of the produce you may encounter. Mallorcan agriturismo places you right at the heart of Mallorcan farming. There is a wealth of rural hotels to choose from throughout Mallorca that provide an unforgettable agriturismo or farm stay experience. Just a few options include:

•    Es Figueral in Campos: an old farmhouse transformed into an intimate lovingly restored hotel. Delight in spacious gardens where native plants intermingle with plentiful fruit trees and vegetable plots. At mealtimes the on-site restaurant features many flavours fresh off the Es Figueral farm 

•    Son Gener in Arta: revel in this XVIII century farmhouse come luxury rural spa hotel. Here you will experience onsite Mallorcan farming at every turn. Produce from Son Gener’s own organic garden and eggs freshly laid by the happy hens roaming the ground. Be sure to save room for the traditional sobrasada or traditional Mallorcan sausage made from scratch in the hotel kitchen

If you are keen to learn more about your agriturismo options in Mallorca, help is at hand. Give Henrik call on 020 3239 4983 (UK number) or drop a line through our contact form.