Feb 28
7
Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes | Traditional Spanish Recipes
These are our famous sweet early onions called Calçots that we eat dipped in salsa romesco after they are cooked on the grill in special outdoor grills. If the weekend is sunny and you have a piece of land where you can set a grill, then get some ...
Feb 21
6
Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes | Traditional Spanish Recipes
We, hot blooded animals; we, warm hearted Spaniards; we, passionate people; we... the ones who probably have more bars and terraces per square meter in the world; we have suffered this Siberian freezing snap that has left us shivering, freezing, trembling, cowering and afraid to go outside... Thank God we ...
Feb 16
7
Cakes, pies & tarts | Traditional Spanish Recipes
Today is Dijous Gras - Shrove Thursday (don't know if I got the good translation) and I nearly run out of time in performing this traditional Catalan sweet recipe. It's very common here in Catalonia to buy this "coca" in bakeries and have it for breakfast, as a dessert after ...
Feb 09
7
Meat & poultry | Traditional Spanish Recipes
This is one of those veal's pieces that are sold in a special market shop. The meat shop where I buy calf, pig, lamb and colt doesn't sell these other special parts such as: tongue, liver, brain, lungs, guts, blood... In order to get them, you have to go to ...
Nov 28
3
Meat & poultry | Rice & pasta | Traditional Spanish Recipes
I love cooking "fideus a la cassola" or paella on weekends for lunch, when there's plenty of time and we start eating between 15:00 and 16:00... There is nothing more relaxing than being in the kitchen with my thoughts, preparing the dishes for the family with some music on the ...
Nov 21
6
Fruits | Meat & poultry | Traditional Spanish Recipes
Would you (American readers) consider cooking duck instead of turkey this coming Thanksgiving? Or is it part of the tradition to eat turkey on a day like this? Even though, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, we do celebrate Christmas and I'm starting to sharpen my knives and bring the huge pots and ...
Nov 10
4
Charcuterie | Fish, seafood & shellfish | Tapas bar | Traditional Spanish Recipes
Sobrassada Stuffed Squid... the 3 S... like in Superb, Savory and Seasonal! Yes, it might look a bit scary, but this size of squid is far from making me swim faster. I would have more doubts if I bumped into one of those super large ones from deep deep inside the ...
Nov 09
5
Fish, seafood & shellfish | Legumes | Traditional Spanish Recipes
A lentils stew is always so hearty and comforting. I love them so much that I devour them in no time. I don't give the 20 minutes my brain needs to process I'm full, and at minute 10 I'm already having my second plate. Lentils make me behave like Winnie ...
Oct 28
6
Bread, pizza, quiches & sandwiches | Fish, seafood & shellfish | Tapas bar | Traditional Spanish Recipes
There must be something in the tuna... is this an obsession? Two dishes in a row with tuna... do you believe the body is wise and tells us what we need to eat? If so, why does it sometimes tell me to eat a chips' bag? Whatever the answer is; ...
Oct 16
4
Fish, seafood & shellfish | Traditional Spanish Recipes
I went to my favourite fish shop and fell in love with a wonderful piece of fresh tuna. It wasn't my first choice; in fact I had planned a white fish menu but I might have both: grilled white fish and blue fish in a pickle... or as we say ...