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Arroz con Pollo

Arroz con Pollo (baked rice and chicken) must be one of the simplest Spanish rice dishes and can be seen as a precursor to Paella, in a similar way to Arroz al Horno. There’s some debate over the origins on … Continue reading

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Sukalki

Sukalki is a beef, pepper and potato dish from Pais Vasco, a region which spans the South West of France and the North West of Spain. The Basque people are quite unique, their language (Euskera) bears no relation to Latin … Continue reading

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Pollo A La Jardinera

Pollo A La Jardinera (gardener’s chicken) is a popular yet simple Spanish dish. You will find similarly named dishes in France and Italy, with slight differences in ingredients, but Pollo A La Jardinera isn’t heavy on the tomatoes like a … Continue reading

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Merluza a la Gallega

Merluza a la Gallega is a typical hake dish from Galicia. Merluza a la Gallega is a fairly simple dish of potatoes, onion and hake made special with a garlic and pimentón Ajada sauce. Galicia is a large autonomous region … Continue reading

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Arròs Brut

Arròs Brut (dirty rice) is a soupy rice dish which comes from Mallorca. It gets it’s name by nature of the dirty looking broth, made dark by mixing in a small amount of ground up liver. This is fairly common … Continue reading

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Guisantes Salteados con Beicon

Peas, sautéed with bacon (sometimes jamón) is a very popular starter on a Menú del Día in Barcelona. The bacon can be swapped for small prawns (see here) and I’ve even seen it as a main course with an egg … Continue reading

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Huevos a la Flamenca

Huevos a la Flamenca is a popular egg dish from Andalucia. Huevos a la Flamenca means flamenco style eggs, Flamenco being the music and culture of the Gitanos (gypsies) from the south of Spain. There is no proven etymology for … Continue reading

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Arroz con Calamares

Arroz con Calamares (rice with squid) is a simple paella like dish which is very common in Cataluña, Valencia and other parts of the Spanish Mediterranean coast. This is economical fare, the bulk being made up of rice, flavoured with … Continue reading

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Caravelle

November 29th 2012 We went to a birthday party at Caravelle last Saturday, a fairly new restaurant in Raval, owned by a friend, Australian chef Zim Sutton. We shared most of the dishes on the menu and 20 or so people … Continue reading

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Faggots

January 26th, 2012 Faggots are a traditional English dish, particularly popular in the Midlands (especially popular during the second world war). A faggot is a mixture of pork offal, generally comprised of bacon, belly, heart, liver, minced up with herbs and … Continue reading

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