Escudella is a Catalan

Catalan cuisine

Catalan cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisine from Catalonia. It may also refer to the shared cuisine of Roussillon and Andorra, which has a similar cuisine to the Alt Urgell and Cerdanya comarques, often referred to as "Catalan mountain cuisine"...

 stew.

It is characterized by the use of sausages called botifarra

Botifarra

Botifarra is a type of sausage and one of the most important dishes of the Catalan cuisine.It comes in different versions, some of the most representative are:...

 or pieces of meat spiced with peppers.

Additionally, beans, potatoes, and cabbage, as as other types of meat, can be used.

In historical times a type called escudella de pagès, which had pasta and rice, was traditionally made on Thursdays and Sundays. Today, it is popular as a substantial winter dish for dinner on Christmas

Christmas

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. In this case, there has been a return to the traditional special type of pasta known as galets, which are notable for their considerable size.

Escudella is served in three parts:

• The escudella proper is a soup with pasta or rice.
• The carn d'olla is a tray with all the meat used in the stew.
• The final tray is that of the vegetables used.