Tag Archives: mussels

Kuletos

Posted on November 13, 2021 by Mad Dog

I was doing some work for Adrian this week in Poblenou. We were finished by 2pm, so Adrian suggested we have lunch at Kuletos, just round the corner. Kuletos opened in 1990 and is owned by the Recasens, a local … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Barcelona Bars and Restaurants, Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Restaurants, Spanish | Tagged arroz, botifarra, Butifarra, Ca N'Estruc, Captain Haddock, carajillo, Gorgonzolla, Kuletos, lemon sorbet, menú tornasol, menu del dia, musclos gallecs amb Gorgonzola, mussels, pa amb tomàquet, paella marinera de peix i marisc, pan con tomate, sorbet de llimona al marc de cava, Tintin, tortilla, truita de patata ceba i botifarra esparracada | 8 Comments

Músclos a la Marinera

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Mad Dog

I went out to buy sardines but got sidetracked by pork osso bucco and a kilo of mussels with a very silly price tag (£1.75) – they were practically giving them away! I conversed with the fish lady – she … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Shopping, Spanish | Tagged anchovy paste, basil, chipotle chilli, Dabarca Vinho Verde, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, marinara, marinara sauce, marinera, Músclos a la Marinera, mussels, onion, red wine vinegar, Spaghetti, tomatoes | 6 Comments

Fideuà Negra

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Mad Dog

Fideuà is a seafood pasta dish which originally comes from Gandia in Valencia. According to legend, Fideuà was created by Gabriel Rodriguez Pastor, a cook on a fishing boat and his assistant Joan Batiste Pascual (known as Zabalo), in 1915. … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged Calamar vino blanco Rueda Verdejo, calamares, caldo de pescados, fideuà negra, fideus, gambas, garlic, green pepper, mejillones, mussels, onions, parsley, perejil, prawns, sepia, squid, squid ink, tomatoes | 9 Comments

Arroz Caldoso

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Mad Dog

Arroz Caldoso is a meat or seafood broth (bouillon) containing rice. Arroz is the Spanish word for rice and caldo means stock (broth). Arroz caldoso is almost certainly a precursor to paella, which is a relatively modern dish, invented in … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, Arroz Caldoso, bomba, caldosos arroces, El Rubio Infante Albariño, fish stock, mariscos, mussels, paella, pimentón d la Vera, prawns, rice, saffron, sea bass, sofregit, squid, Valencian rice | 4 Comments

Paella de Marisco

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Mad Dog

Paella is a Valencian rice dish, which originated in the 18th Century. The Moors began cultivating rice in Spain, perhaps as far back as the 8th and 9th Centuries and the marshes and lagoon of L’Albufera, (in the south of … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, arroz a banda, bomba, calasparra, cava, fish stock, garlic, mussels, onion, paella, Paella de Marisco, Pimentón de la Vera, prawns, rice, romano pepper, saffron, squid, squid ink | 23 Comments

Mejillones en Escabeche

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Mad Dog

Mejillones en Escabeche is a very popular Spanish tapa of mussels pickled in vinegar, olive oil and pimentón. You will find these delicious molluscs in most bars, usually served straight from a tin, with lots of bread to dip into … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged bay leaves, carrot, escabeche, extra virgin olive oil, Fino Sherry, garlic, mejillones, mejillones en escabeche, mussels, onion, pickled, Pimentón de la Vera, red wine vinegar, sherry vinegar | 8 Comments

Tiella

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Mad Dog

I cooked supper at a friend’s house this week and made a Tiella. Tiella is a rice dish from Italian Apulia and Calabria – it’s a close cousin to Paella and dates back to a time when the Spanish ruled … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Fish, Food, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged Carnaroli rice, courgettes, dry white wine, Frascati, Italian, mussels, onion, parsley, pecorino, potatoes, Soave, Tiella, tielle, tomatoes | 10 Comments

Can Miguel

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Mad Dog

I went to Calella twice this week with Oli and Nookie. We had been warned that restaurants in Maresme and the Costa Brava could be for tourists only – all pizza and bad tapas (tapas do not come from Cataluña), … Continue reading →

Posted in Calella, Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Restaurants, Spanish | Tagged Calella, can miguel, chicken curry, fruites, gazpacho, hake, mixed salad with tuna, mussels, panna cotta, Russian Salad, strawberry tart, vi rosat | 12 Comments

Sous-Vide Barbecue

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Mad Dog

Oli had some new cooking toys, so we decided to use them for a barbecue on Saturday, however, the forecast said rain, so Sunday became a better option. The main piece of equipment, was a sous-vide immersion circulator – a … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Drink, Eating Out, Fish, Food, Game, Meat, Recipes, Shopping | Tagged Calçots, chicken hearts, chilli bourbon jam, churrasco, mussels, negroni, negroni salmon, pork belly, prunes in aguardiente, rabbit, Romesco Sauce, smoked mackerel, sous-vide, whiskey sour | 17 Comments

Neon Barbecue

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Mad Dog

May 12th, 2012 My friend Simon Tyszko asked me to cook for his birthday party, at his studio in Battersea (previously a school science lab). We considered wok cooking over a gas powered water feature, but the flame wasn’t hot enough … Continue reading →

Posted in Eating Out, Fish, Food, Meat, Recipes, Spanish | Tagged allioli, asparagus, chorizo, clonakilty, mackerel, mussels, prawns, salmon, scallops, Simon Tyszko | 23 Comments

Tag Archives: mussels

Kuletos

Músclos a la Marinera

Fideuà Negra

Arroz Caldoso

Paella de Marisco

Mejillones en Escabeche

Tiella

Can Miguel

Sous-Vide Barbecue

Neon Barbecue

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