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spanish almond cookies - polvorones

Spanish Almond Cookies

Spanish almond cookies or polvorones are a very soft and crumbly type of shortbread made of four basic ingredients: pork lard, flour, sugar and cinnamon.
Polvo in Spanish means powder or dust and these cookies crumble to dust in your mouth when eaten.

adobo chicken

Adobo Marinade for Chicken

An adobo marinade for pork, beef or chicken, a combination of spices and vinegar and olive oil. Intensely flavoured with paprika and chipotle. Usually, the adobo combines dry spices along with vinegar or wine and olive oil.

spanish xmas dinner

Do Christmas Dinner Spanish Style

Facebook🎄When to Eat? To do Christmas dinner Spanish style, you eat on Christmas Eve unlike here in the UK where we traditionally eat in the middle of Christmas day. 🎄A Bit of Family History At my parent’s house, we ate at 1:00 pm prompt. Overcooked dry turkey, soggy bitter whole […]

garlic chilli prawns

Garlic and Chilli Prawns

It’s impossible to imagine any decent tapas spread without a bowl of sizzling garlic and chilli prawns. Add a cold beer or a nice glass of chilled white wine and there you have it, heaven on a plate.