Want to offset your flight? Well now you can actually do it in the flesh. No more boring calculation tables working out your CO2 emissions. At Alcantarilla you can simply borrow a spade, dig a hole and plant one of the many fruit trees that are constantly going into the working farmstead. One tree per flight should do the trick..the damage, just 20 euros.

In terms of food and fine dining. Apart from using owner Jon´s book Dining Secrets of Andalucia (Santana books) to find the best local restaurants, the resident cook can create a range of tasty dishes and entire meals by arrangement. There is a wine cellar at the house, with a range of wines to purchase, and a list of menus to cater for the whole family.

Alcantarilla Kitchen

We offer a menu of freshly prepared meals using local and seasonal ingredients and organic where possible. We cook for a minimum of 2 people and we prepare the same dishes for the whole group. The price is per person and includes a bottle of wine shared between two. The meal can often be served warm at lunchtime during the week, or can be reheated for the evening.

For the full choice of dishes please order in advance of your arrival. During your stay we cannot always ensure that every ingredient is available.

Arrival Tapas selection- 10 euros per person

Ronda cheese and home-made quince jam, marinated olives, slices of Spanish omelette(tortilla), Arriate salami,anchovy and fresh goat´s cheese.Bread and oil, and of course, wine.

A light meal – 15 euros per person

• Tortilla made with our neighbour´s eggs
• Salad Nicoise, via Arriate
• Pasta with Bolonese sauce or with tomato,anchovy, rosemary and cream
• Lentil stew with carrot, leek, potato and chorizo (vegetarian option also available) or

All served with wine, bread and green leaf salad.

A three course meal – 25 euros per person

Starters, all served with bread

• Sweet potato and ginger soup or fresh spinach and nutmeg soup (spring)
• Chilled gaspacho (summer months)
• Chicken liver pate with Pedro Jimenez
• Pea, garlic and parmesan puree
• Beetroot and feta salad with mustard and balsamic vinegar dressing

Main Course

• Cazuela de pescado; fish and sea-food stew
• Succulent pork (carrillada) with sofrito and carrot sauce
• Tomato, aubergine and chickpea stew with spices and pomegranate molasses (vegetarian)
• Chicken with white wine and mushroom sauce
• Slow cooked lamb with white wine , aubergines and bay leaves

All served with our own rocket and mixed leaf salad and a bowl of couscous.

Pudding

• Pannacotta with seasonal topping
• Chocolate loaf cake with ice cream
• Seasonal fruit crumble served with cream
• Meringues with fruit and cream
• Seville orange and almond cake drizzled with honey

Children

Fresh Pasta Sauces – 5 euros toddler / 7euros older child

• Tomato and anchovy with rosemary and cream
• Bolognaise

Fresh Baby Purées – 2 Euros per 100ml. portion (minimum of 4)

• Fruit,vegetable, chicken and fish.

Breakfast Basket- 7.50 euros

Muesli with nuts and seeds,fresh milk,natural yoghurt and honey,fruit, bread,butter and jam