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TweetI love croquetas, the Spanish version of croquettes. Lovely, crunchy and creamy treats all in one bite. It’s a shame they have such an old fashioned, 1970s reputation. As a child of the 70s maybe that’s why I’m drawn to them. I make them all the time using various fillings, but the Spanish proscuitto or jamon are my favourite. Give them a go.

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Tweet Here’s a delicious Spanish treat, one of my favourites. Paprika and chicken work perfectly together especially if you’re lucky enough to use the real Spanish smoked paprika. A delicious, rich, sweet and slight smoky aroma fills the air and the sherry sauce to this dish is just amazing. It’s really very simple to make -there’s nothing to it, but the resulting dish looks as though you’ve been slaving in the kitchen for hours. Genius.

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Tweet The Spanish eat pasta – it’s a revelation. I just love meatballs and the Spanish version are my favourites. I posted a recipe for albondigas recently but this recipe is slightly different and I served it with spaghetti tonight instead. It may be a dish you automatically associate with Italy, but this recipe uses very Spanish ingredients to give it it’s own unique flavour. Give it a try, you might just be converted.

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Tweet Heres’s a really homely stew that smells incredible and tastes even better. My entire house was filled with a fantastic aroma, so much so that I opened the door and let the rest of the street have a smell. It’s a real peasanty, country dish that’s very simple to make and doesn’t need much in the way of attention as it cooks. The dried ñora chilli used in this dish is a speciality of Spanish cuisine – if you can’t find them then you could substitute with a dried mild sweet chilli such as Mulato.

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Tweet For this dish I changed up a delicious Spanish tomato salad and used a delicious new ingredient which is currently the “ingredient du jour”. The Kumato is essentailly a tomato with a difference. It’s dark green appearance is somewhat unusual, but it’s flavour is more familiar albeit with a more intense and sweeter hit regular tomato – just like a tomato SHOULD taste in my opinion. It’s perfect for salads as it looks great on the plate. It works perfectly with any fish – from cod to tuna. My addition of pancetta much needed salty note to this light and healthy Spanish treat.

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Tweet The first installment of my week long Spanish feast starts with this delicious, wholesome dish using some of Spain’s most loved ingredients. Pork is a staple in Spanish cuisine and we are treated to it in three-ways in this dish. Simply cooked pork chops with a slightly sweet, slightly smoky chorizo and pancetta fava bean sauce with mint. The baked Spanish rice which I’ve been making for years is a perfect accompaniment. Very tasty indeed.

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Tweet I love meatballs! What can I say! There’s something so satisfying in them. I especially love the Spanish version called albondigas. I always order them in Spanish restaurants and always eat the lion’s share. So, making them at home is dangerous as I have a tendency not only to eat them from the pan, before serving, but also returing to the pan after eating to finish them off; one by one. The sauce for this is beautiful and will greatly benefit from you using good quality chopped tomatoes.

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Tweet A delicious little herby number for some chicken. It’s very simple and tasty. I love a meal that just sits in a pot getting tastier and tastier while you get stuck into the wine. Perfect.

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Tweet Here’s another magnificent one-pot Spanish dish. I was inspired by my Lebanese Chicken Fattee to create something which could feed us from the one pot. It saves a lot of hassle and washing up after all. This was an ideal little dish and really tasty to boot. I couldn’t stop eating!

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Tweet I had a couple of quails leftover from something (I forget when), They’d been in the freezer for a while so needed to get rid of them. This great recipe immediately jumped out. Being a child of the 70s I love croquettes. I’d made these before but used chicken – to be honest the taste difference of using quail is not even noticeable – so feel free to substitute. They’re creamy and crunchy all in one. An absolute delight.

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Tweet I missed a couple of posts – apologies, but I’ve been quite unlucky of late with my recipe choices neither of which will feature on this site. Bad and bad – firstly a dreadful parsnip puree I had on good authority was delicious, instead was a rancid metallic nightmare. And most recently Balinese duck – which looked lovely in the book, sounded delicious. Instead, it turned out to be a pile of dry old duck meat, half a litre of duck fat, alongside a sour and greasy sauce filled with bits of whole spices to pick out of your mouth. Not good. I was beginning to doubt my cooking abilities. Until tonight. It came in the form of a delicious Spanish chicken dish. I do love garlic. Imagine the surprise when I discovered this dish contained some 16 cloves. You may think the resulting taste would be overpowering, but because of the time it cooks for it mellows considerably into a wonderful, rich sauce. It’s one of Spain’s best chicken dishes and a national treasure to boot – not to mention my cooking saviour.

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Tweet This is quite a classic dish which I gave a little Spanish twist. I’d searched for a good recipe but gave up as I didn’t want to stuff the pork with fruit. So I decided just to make up my own. I love the smoky taste of chorizo – there really is nothing better, so to stuff pork with tasty pork just seemed like the natural choice to me. It’s pretty simple to make and looks rather fancy when sliced – not to mention delicious.

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Tweet • Share on Facebook • Add to Del.icio.us • Digg It! The Spanish get it right once again. I was a bit knackered after work today so I wanted something easy to whip up. This couldn’t have been simpler and what’s even better is that it’s perfectly acceptable to eat it right out of the pan. I might have it every night.

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Tweet • Share on Facebook • Add to Del.icio.us • Digg It! Fino sherry is a dry, pale Spanish fortified wine. It’s perfect for cooking with as it’s not too sweet and won’t overpower the food, yet it imparts a distinctive flavour. This is a really simple but effective method of cooking a pork roast. It’s a great dinner party dish and has plenty of taste. Absolutely delicious.

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Tweet • Share on Facebook • Add to Del.icio.us • Digg It! I’m a big fan of cabbage, but never really know what to do with it. I only ever had it massacred on a sunday with the other vegetables or pickled at school. Subsequently I hadn’t really explored it much as an adult. I found this great recipe in one of my cookery books and gave it a go. The use of chorizo really helps and it was great with chicken relleno I ate it with.

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Tweet • Share on Facebook • Add to Del.icio.us • Digg It! This is a delicious blend of all the best bits of Spain. I ate it with some BBQ tuna and didn’t say a word to a soul as I stuffed it down. I’m a difficult one to get to applaud the salad let alone mixing fruit and vegetables but have to admit this was great. I’m starting to let go of my British food predjudice which can only be a good thing. Olé!, as the Spanish would probably say.

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Tweet • Share on Facebook • Add to Del.icio.us • Digg It! This Spanish dish is absolutely amazing. It’s a simply prepared dish which brings out all that is wonderful about lamb. It’s one of those dishes you can’t quite believe you made. It’s one of the tastiest things I’ve ever eaten. Ever. In. My. Life.

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Tweet • Share on Facebook • Add to Del.icio.us • Digg It! There is something so hearty and honest about this dish that cannot be explained. The combination of flavours and textures is something else. It’s great as a supper dish and if you are awake enough in the morning will give you something to start the day with style.

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Tweet • Share on Facebook • Add to Del.icio.us • Digg It! It was raining today and I had a whole day with no plans. So, off I went on the hunt for something different for dinner. I hadn’t had quail in a long time so settled on this lovely Spanish dish. The combination of quail and cabbage is great, especially when the cabbage is stuffed with this tasty pork mixture. This dish is not really an everyday meal, but it’s great for a dinner party or if you want to cheer up your miserable partner (Brendan).

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Tweet   Share on Facebook This is a lovely Spanish recipe for chickpeas. A simple way to prepare that’s not going to tax your brain. Don’t use canned chickpeas for this recipe. I’ve tried and it was blander than bland.

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Tweet Share on Facebook A gorgeous Spanish kind of ratatouille with Tuna. It’s great as part of a tapas, or just as good as a starter on it’s own with some fresh toasted bread. If you can get good quality Spanish “Bonito” then all the better, but ordinary tuna will do if Asda are fresh out of quality Spanish produce.

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Tweet   Share on Facebook If you make these you’ll agree that you can never have too many empanadas on the table. I made these in advance for a party next week so haven’t eaten one yet. I did eat quite a bit of the filling though which left me short of four empanadas for my guests.

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Tweet   Share on Facebook This is the spanish equivalent of a pie. But these little beauties are more delicious than any pie I’ve ever eaten. They’re just the right size for pigging out on too. Great for parties served with a light tomato sauce to dip them in. This will make 24 little bitesize snacks.

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