Wild asparagus & iberico ham salad with sweet pimenton vinaigrette
Wild asparagus are one of those wonderful ingredients that need very little to shine on a plate. Together with some delicious iberico ham and…
Low-calories
If you think Spanish cuisine is all about chorizo and deep-fried croquettes, check out these super healthy recipes and discover why most experts endorse the Mediterranean diet as one of the healthiest in the world.
Broad beans and artichokes casserole
Broad beans and artichokes make for a perfect combination in this super healthy and gorgeous looking seasonal casserole.
Galician sea urchins gratin
These spiky extraterrestrial-looking animals are a real gift from the oceans, a hidden gem for all those oyster and seafood lovers out there. If…
Grilled scallops and chorizo with green peas puree
A great chance to enjoy the mind blowing combination of scallops and chorizo. Full-on flavour with delicate hues for an easy-to-do yet gorgeous recipe….
Red mullet with sliced potatoes & black olives
The first time I had red mullet was in El Puerto de Santa María, a town close to Cádiz where the inhabitants seem to…
Salt-baked seabass (Lubina a la sal)
Cooking fish inside a hard shell made of salt is an ancient cooking technique that has been practiced in southern Spain for centuries and…
Ajoblanco
The ajoblanco can be considered one of the original cold soups that are so traditional in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. Less famous…
Orange stuffed olives
‘Orange and olives’ is one of those combinations that can be categorized as a gastronomic miracle. Try this super easy recipe to find out…
Bacalao brandade on toast with guindilla
Imagine you make an emulsion of garlic and olive oil. What you get is an aioli. Now add salt cod to the mix and…
Black olives tapenade, anchovies and cheese bocadillo
Fresh cheese from Burgos, anchovies from Santoña, black olives from Aragón and walnuts from Extremadura. All in one sandwich. For me, one those epic…
Marinated sardines with black olives and chilli
An easy and delicious marinated sardines recipe that you can serve both as a starter or as a tapa and that it makes the…
How to cook percebes (Galician goose barnacles)
Galicia is famous for the ‘Camino de Santiago’, the pilgrimage route through northern Spain that thousands follow every year to visit the tomb of…
Bonito Marmitako (Basque tuna stew)
In Basque language, ‘marmitako’ means ‘what it is inside the pot’. So when the Basque fishermen were cooking aboard their boats… What did they…
Piquillo peppers stuffed with bacalao brandade
Basque people love these piquillo peppers stuffed with bacalao brandade. And we all know Basque people know a hell of a lot about food….
Beetroot, orange and bacalao salad (Andalusian Remojón)
A fresh-tasting and gorgeous looking winter salad that makes the most of two star ingredients from Spain: the oranges and the bacalao. Combining orange…
Chickpeas and rice with black trumpet mushrooms and iberico ham
A super healthy and flavoursome recipe combining some extraordinary ingredients that come together to create the perfect comfort food for any wet and cold…
Pisto manchego with aubergine
The ‘pisto manchego’ is our Spanish ‘ratatouille’, a super healthy and flavoursome traditional recipe which works equally well as a main or as a…
Hake medallions with cockles sauce
A super healthy sea-inspired recipe which combines two fantastic products from the north of Spain: Galician cockles and Basque hake. Let’s get one thing…
Boletus carpaccio with Mahon cheese
When you have such a delicate ingredient as the Boletus Edulis, the less you cook it the better. That is why this carpaccio is…
Iberico ham and melon salad
The classic Spanish ham and melon combination turned into a fun and colourful summer salad with extra flavour enhancement. It’s mid October and we’re…
Deep-fried Padron Peppers
Galicians have a popular saying that describes Padron peppers better than anything else: ‘Os pementos de Padrón, uns pican e outros non’. It means…
Salmorejo from Cordoba
There are recipes with so much to tell that they could easily become a cooking book of their own right. I like to think…
How to make the best fish stock for paella (or fideuà)
There are as many versions of a paella as there are chefs and families living alongside the Mediterranean coast of Spain. However, the one…
Andalusian-style potatoes (Papas aliñás)
No tapas bar in Cádiz is a real Cádiz tapas bar without ‘papas aliñás’. Of course, there is a reason for that… this cold…