Rice with squid

Hello! Today's recipe is quite simple and full of flavor. It is inspired on Panamanian cuisine, but also Spanish. We just got back a few weeks ago from our anual trip to Cadiz and for 15 days our diet is almost entirely fish and seafood based... Although here in Spain a rice with squid is …

Brandade de morue (cod brandade)

A classic but terribly comforting and delicious dish

Cast-Iron roast Chicken with patatas panaderas

Roast chicken and potatoes, a match made in heaven

Tuna stuffed potato bombs

Here's is the recipe with which I tried to emulate a dish we eat every summer at the beach. These bombs are the perfect starter for a meal with friends or it could be a main for a children's dinner or lunch. I didn't have the recipe used by this restaurant at the beach that …

Pestiños

Pestiños I love to make these type of recipes of which I know nothing other than they are for delicious dishes. And discover (along with you) its origins and the traditions that are linked to them. Pestiño history can be traced back at least to the sixteenth century and is probably much older, since fried …

Oxtail stew in red wine

  This winter in Madrid is being a rainy one, no white Christmas for us this year, and it’s such a shame because we had all of the cold and none of the beauty of winter… The advantage, on the other hand, is that I’ve been able to cook some heavy duty dishes. Red wine, …

Chorizos in cider revisited

Pumpkin Bars

I am way behind on my posts... this one have been pending since November! (yes, since Thanksgiving...) But I didn't want 2014 to end without publishing this fantastic recipe, courtesy of a coworker. The original version is for a delicious pumpkin pie. But it needs a slightly smaller baking pan that the ones I had …

Mussels marinière

Today’s recipe is very simple, the hardest part will be cleaning the shells, but the cooking won’t take long. Ingredients 1 Kg. Mussels 2 bay leaves 2 small onions, chopped ½ tablespoon paprika 1 ½ tablespoons flour ½ glass of white wine 1 cup cooking juices of the mussels A bunch of fresh parsley, chopped …

Ragged Catalan sausages

Hi! Here’s the English version of this fabulous recipe, signed by a great Spanish chef, Ferran Adrià. Butifarra "esparracada" or ragged For 6 people Ingredients 6 butifarras (Catalan sausages) or any other fresh sausages 600 g mushrooms sliced or chopped into quarters Minced fresh parsley 12 cloves garlic, peeled A sprig of fresh rosemary A …