Sant Jordi's Bread -Pa de Sant Jordi-

As you might imagine every special day in a city or country has its pairing with a traditional food, meal, recipe or treat.

In the Diada de Sant Jordi in Barcelona, that treat is pa de Sant Jordi, a savory bread made with three types of dough.

The first dough contains Majorcan sobrasada sausage;
the second, Emmental cheese; and the third, walnuts.

The contrasting streaks of color between the sobrasada and the cheese doughs make stripes resembling the Catalan flag. It’s the perfect patriotic accompaniment to the day, since besides being a guy who once rescued a princess from a dragon, Sant Jordi is also the patron saint of Catalonia.

 Some of the history:

Sant Jordi, the Catalan equivalent of Saint George, is a very popular figure in Catalonia. He is the Patron Saint of the region, and Catalonia even have a Saint George Day - El Día de Sant Jordi, on April 23rd. On this day the tradition says that the girls have to give a book to the guys and the guys have to give roses to the girls. 

The rose motif stems from the myth, since after Saint George killed the dragon, a rose came up where the dragon's blood was spilled. The book comes from the International Book Day: both Shakespeare and Cervantes died on April 23rd, both in 1616.