FacebookEscabeche de Pollo de Navidad is a popular Christmas dish from the Extremadura region of Spain. It is a traditional dish of marinated chicken prepared with almonds, saffron, garlic and orange zest. Escabeche is cooked and served in a cazuela, an oven and stove proof dense terracotta dish. It retains […]
Facebook Scotch eggs are boiled eggs wrapped in sausagemeat, coated in breadcrumbs and then baked in the oven or deep-fried. Why they are called scotch eggs no one is really sure. Fortnum & Mason, a high-end London department store claims to have invented them in 1738 as a travellers snack […]
A cotriade is a traditional, coastal Breton fish stew and every family has its own recipe. It’s made using whole fish, cut into pieces, rather than fillets, with squid and mussels.
Facebook Try these smashed and roasted potatoes for a different take on the traditional roasties. With crisp outsides and really tender insides, they are a delicious side dish. They go really well with steak or fried chicken! womansday.com damndelicious.net
Fideuá is a really tasty alternative to paella using vermicelli noodles or fideos pasta instead of rice. A one-pot wonder from Valencia on Spain’s southeastern coast.
Grilled baby squid is very easy and fast. You only need extra virgin olive oil, some garlic, a little parsley and salt flakes.
Traditionally cooked Spanish roast lamb for a spectacular Sunday dinner or alternative Christmas feast.
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.
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.
This recipe is quick to make and bright addition to any lunchtime meal. Make them and learn why devilled eggs with tuna are a Spanish favourite.
My grandchildren said Grandad share your favourite recipes. Classic British, tapas and much more. There is something for everyone.
