Crema Catalana
For the French, the Catalan version of their crème brûlée. For the Catalans, the real deal plus the true original recipe. For everyone else,…
Nut-free
No nuts here. We swear!
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…
How to make chorizo
My aunt Amelia makes the best homemade chorizo ever. Having said this, the good news are that making chorizo at home is much easier…
Spanish lentils with chorizo
Lentils with chorizo are the ultimate comfort food for those winter days when getting outside is just too daring. Discover why this traditional recipe…
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…
Cod cheeks Pil-Pil style
If you love cooking, you’ll love making this Pil-Pil. If you love eating, you’ll love tasting it. Whatever it is you love, we’re confident…
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…
My patatas bravas
This is the story of a few humble potatoes that one day, a long time ago, partnered with a simple spicy sauce to hit…
How to make Spanish quince paste
Quince paste used to be my favourite way to eat fruit when I was a little child. Still today, this sweet and fragrant jelly…
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…
Seafood fideuà
A seafood paella without rice is possible. It’s called seafood fideuà and it uses short dry vermicelli-like noodles instead of rice. It’s so delicious…
Chorizo with cider (Chorizo a la sidra)
Few other recipes encapsulate the essence of traditional Spanish cuisine like this ‘chorizo a la sidra’ from the northern region of Asturias. Extremely simple…
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…
Escalivada
A super simple, super quick, super yummy and super healthy recipe which is perfect for your summer diet. And for sure, the laziest, cheapest…
Tomato bread (Pa amb tomàquet)
I can’t think of many recipes that are as easy to make as this tomato bread. A recipe so simple that even someone with…
Russian salad (Ensaladilla rusa)
This is the very first time we dedicate a full recipe post to a Russian dish. Quite possibly it will also be the last…
Shrimp cakes (Tortillitas de camarones)
As we step into a corner bar in the popular quarter of Las Viñas, there is a voice shouting a command over the buzzy…
Butifarra-stuffed squid with Vizcaina sauce
Despite having become a classic recipe over the years, this is still a bit of an unusual one. Mainly because a couple of anomalies…
Andalusian-style chickpeas and spinach
I never get tired of this recipe. Perhaps because this is comfort food at its best. An earthy, filling, warm and flavoursome veggie stew…