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Sep 16, 20232 min read
Halibut with purple sprouting broccoli, salted anchovy and cream
Halibut is an expensive fish but it is the real deal and worth it. It has a firm texture, big flakes and a subtle flavour. However, if...
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Jul 30, 20232 min read
Sardines escabeche - soused sardines with tomato toast
Obviously, recipes such as this, originated in preserving food and some might wonder what could be better than a fresh sardine grilled on...
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granada87
Feb 24, 20212 min read
ARROZ CALDOSA - RICE COOKED WITH RED WINE
Arroz caldosa is a soupy rice. The liquid is added all at once and the rice and other ingredients are poached in it. This recipe is...
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granada87
Feb 22, 20214 min read
TORTILLA - AN UNDERRATED CLASSIC
TORTILLA Tortilla Espanyol is ubiquitous in Spain and after paella probably the peninsula’s most famous dish. In common with paella the...
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granada87
Feb 16, 20214 min read
SEAFOOD PAELLA
Fish based rice needs….. Fish stock This is different in many ways from chicken stock and in one fundamental way that has consequences....
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granada87
Feb 14, 20215 min read
MEAT PAELLA
If you are cooking a paella at home you will need.... a paella and preferably a gas hob. They make paella pans for electric hobs, which...
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granada87
Feb 12, 20213 min read
PAELLA LLENA Paella cooked over wood
Cooking over wooden flames is the original method and this is it is the classic, the ultimate, the dogs bollocks: using small pieces of...
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granada87
Feb 6, 20211 min read
HUEVOS A LA FLAMENCO - EGGS FLAMENCO
This is basically a stew of that triumvirate of Spanish vegetables, onions, peppers and tomatoes. With the addition of something green,...
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granada87
Feb 4, 20211 min read
ON THE ROAD
I used to buy produce from Spain directly, literally driving around in a refrigerated van purchasing goods, usually from Valencia,...
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granada87
Feb 1, 20211 min read
ESQUIXADA - A SWEET AND SALTY WINTER SALAD
The almond is in blossom, the nights are cold, but the days have already got that warmth that tells you the short winter is about to...
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granada87
Feb 1, 20212 min read
SOPA DE AJO - AN ALTERNATIVE TO PROZAC
There is alchemy in this recipe. Garlic, stale bread, olive oil, some light chicken stock, an egg and perhaps fifteen minutes. It defies...
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granada87
Feb 1, 20213 min read
LAMB, ARTICHOKE AND BEAN STEW
This is one of those dishes where you can just free style. There is no recipe, there are no ingredients. The method is what is important,...
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granada87
Feb 1, 20212 min read
FABADA ASTURIANA - THE DEFINITION OF A HEARTY MEAL
This is a classic Spanish dish, similar in some ways to the cassoulet of southern France. It is a big hearty pork stew with local white...
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granada87
Feb 1, 20211 min read
A TREAT FROM THE GAUDALQUIVIR
This is a classic from the south. I first had it in San Lucar de la Barrameda, the home of Manzanilla on the banks of the Guadalquivir,...
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granada87
Aug 1, 20203 min read
A GIFT FROM THE MOORS - RICE
February 2015, Gomera If I am to start this book I must start with that most Spanish dish, if indeed there is such a country: Paella. I...
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granada87
Jul 22, 20206 min read
SEVEN WAYS TO LOSE A LOVER
From a young age I have been immersed in cooking and eating. Not as a means of fuel to live, but as an emotional fuel. Jean, my mother...
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