La Catedral, grill inn

La Catedral is the grill inn (mesón asador) that the Abadía de los Templarios group has on the Plaza Mayor itself of La Alberca, a kilometre from the hotel. The premises respect the village's sierra construction, of wood and stone, and the cooking is the traditional cooking of the sierra, with roasts done over oak-wood embers and in a wood-fired oven. It is the square's option for a long lunch after walking round the old town.

Roasts: kid, lamb and suckling pig

The 2026 menu, published with prices, revolves around the embers. Grilled kid with a side costs €25; wood-fired roast lamb shoulder, €27; wood-fired roast suckling lamb with roast potatoes, €29 per person and for a minimum of two, and suckling pig, cuchifrito or roasted, €24. For beef, morucha entrecôte, the breed of the Salamanca pastures, at €27, and morucha or old-cow T-bone by the kilo. There is grilled Iberian pork (fattened-pig sirloin, presa, Port-wine cheeks) between €19 and €22.

La Alberca dishes before the roast

To start, the village's dishes: the La Alberca bean casserole with Iberian pork products (€10), garlic soup (€10), patatas meneás with torreznos (€12) and the limón serrano (€14), the warm sierra salad with citrus, egg and cured meat. If you prefer to nibble, acorn-fed Iberian ham or a selection of cured meats (€24), grilled blood sausage with cabbage (€16) or Iberian croquettes (€16).

Game, fish and desserts

In the game section there is venison loin (€24), pickled partridge (€22) and wild boar from the sierra (€19). If someone does not eat meat, wood-fired baked cod (€25), hake or sea bass. For dessert, between €6.50 and €7.50, the La Alberca turrón cake, French toast, rice pudding or its rice pudding croquettes. Bread is charged separately, at €1.20. With a starter, roast and dessert, allow between €40 and €55 per person without wine.

A table on the square

The website does not publish the hours or the day of rest: book and ask on 923 41 52 67. At weekends the square fills up with visitors.

On the square, between visits

You step out and you are in the old town and Plaza Mayor. In the morning you can go up the Peña de Francia, half an hour by car, and come down to eat here. If you are staying at the Abadía de los Templarios, the same group has the Las Bóvedas restaurant there.