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School of tapas: Stuffed mini peppers with Spanish tortilla
Fine, now that you already know how to prepare a good Spanish tortilla we can move on and put that knowledge to good use on a different tapa, on some cute stuffed mini peppers with Spanish tortilla....
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School of tapas: Mallorcan tumbet, a vegetable tapa
It’s spring, folks. The perfect time to get advantage of the seasonal produce available in the markets. Tumbet is a dish of roasted vegetables typical from the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, one of...
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School of Tapas: Fried Padrón peppers
Have you ever heard about Padrón peppers? There’s a saying that goes Pimientos de Padrón, unos pican y otros no (Padrón peppers, some are hot and some are not). This refers to the fact that most of...
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Cilantro gazpacho
Gazpacho season has started here in Spain. To some this cilantro gazpacho may sound very exotic, one of those adaptations to modern tastes of gazpacho. But let me tell you that it’s untrue, because...
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Red hot chili peppers stuffed with rice
I prepared this dish with Spanish red chili peppers, called guindillas. Guindillas are thin elongated peppers, only very mildly hot. Spanish cuisine sports no really hot dishes, only spicy, and this...
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Sephardic bell pepper and tomato salad
So here I am, after the summer hiatus. Trying to survive the end of the warm weather and longing for the cooler air of autumn. And making a lot of salads. This bell pepper and tomato salad is a...
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Zucchini stuffed with cod ajoarriero
When I saw them at my greengrocer’s, so round and orange, so beauuutiful… I could not leave them there, poor things. They were looking at me with their little zucchini eyes and what can I say? I had to...
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Murcia style salad or mojete huertano
Murcia is a region by the Mediterranean, on the south east corner of Spain, well known for its wonderful and plentiful vegetable produce. Therefore it is an area where salad recipes abound. This mojete...
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Butternut squash pie or coca de calabaza
I am very fond of cocas, they are pizza-like pies, typical from the Mediterranean area of Spain. They are different from the Italian pizza in that the dough usually carries a lot more fat and in that...
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School of tapas: Red pepper and tomato salad from La Mancha
In times of great culinary satiety as it happens after Christmas, I always go back to simple and classic dishes like asadillo Manchego, a delicious roasted red pepper and tomato salad typical from the...
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Salmorejo, a less known cousin of gazpacho
Salmorejo is one of the varied cold soups that are common in many regions of Spain, especially in the South, where they originated. This particular soup originates in the Córdoba province, Andalusia....
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