Category Archives: Meat

Arroz con Conejo

Arroz con Conjo is a simple rice dish with rabbit and mushrooms – this is a version of Arroz de Montaña (mountain rice), which sometimes includes snails. Sadly I could only find two (trying to eat my vegetables in the … Continue reading

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Conejo al Limón

Conejo al Limón, is a very simple Spanish dish of braised rabbit with a lemon, garlic and herb sauce. All the ingredients come from the old world and it’s not hard to believe that the Iberians were eating similar at … Continue reading

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Conejo con ‘Nduja

I bought a wild rabbit last weekend and was looking for a new Spanish recipe to do it justice. I was inspired by one of Janet Mendel’s recipes, from her book Traditional Spanish Cooking – Conejo a la Mallorquina (Mallorcan … Continue reading

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Lomo de Orza

Lomo de Orza is an old fashioned Spanish method of curing and preserving pork loin in lard (manceta de cerdo), very much like duck confit. Preserving pork in it’s own fat is thought to predate duck confit by several centuries. … Continue reading

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Manteca de Cerdo

Spanish Manteca de Cerdo, when translated, is pig butter, but you are more likely to know this product by it’s English name, lard. The word lard comes from the Latin lardum (fat) – in Catalan the translation is llard and … Continue reading

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Patatas Revolconas

Patatas Revolcanos (tumbled or rolled potatoes – perhaps like lava flowing downhill) is a simple pork and potato dish from Central Spain, typically Ávila, Salamanca, Cáceres and Toledo. The potatoes are roughly mashed with pimentón de la Vera and Torreznos de … Continue reading

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Arroz al Horno con Albóndigas

Arroz al Horno con Albóndigas (oven cooked rice with meatballs) is a typical rice dish from the province of Castellón in Valencia (in the Valencian/Catalan language it’s called  Arròs amb pilotes). This type of dish is a variation on Valencian … Continue reading

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Arroz con Faisán y Chorizo

Arroz con Faisán y Chorizo (rice with pheasant and chorizo) is a simple dish loosely based on the popular  Arroz con Pollo y Chorizo (rice with chicken and chorizo). You will find Arroz con Pollo y Chorizo recipes throughout Spain … Continue reading

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Faisán en Pepitoria

Faisán en Pepitoria, is based on a traditional Spanish cazuela of Pollo en Pepitoria (chicken cooked in an almond sauce, thickened with liver and hard boiled egg yolks) – here I’ve upgraded the chicken to pheasant. This is a very … Continue reading

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Albóndigas De Pollo

I have been meaning to post an Albóndigas de Pollo (chicken meatball) recipe for some time. I distinctly remember eating some excellent Albóndigas at El Rellotge in Sant Pol de Mar, a few years ago. I thought they were made … Continue reading

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