by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food
Throughout our book, Going Native In Murcia, and this website you’ll find many references to the food and drink of the region. We make no apologies for dedicating a lot of time to this subject. As we researched the book our favourite pastimes were checking out bars...
by Debbie Jenkins | evergreen, food, Murcia Region
Well, they’re both (my husband and his mother) still alive and they ate lots of them – so I think they liked them! Here’s how you serve them: 1. You need fresh “barra” – bread stick – slice it into rounds 2. Cut a juicy garlic...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
So, here’s a recipe from the Murcian cookery class. Murcian Recipe – Sardinas En Salmuera Sardines (Sardinas)Salt (Sal)Bread (Pan)Tomatoes (Tomate) Clean the sardines, chop off their heads, chop off their tails and remove the innards. Cover them in salt and keep...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, Murcia Region
Recently I had the pleasure of 8 matronly Spanish ladies teaching me how to cook – the Murcian way. It started out as a Murcian Cookery class, with a teacher and students (me plus the 8 ladies). It ended up as a mad drive through one way streets, with a car full...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
Last year we baked the Murcian Christmas specialty of Cordiales. These are the delicious little almond cakes, with angels’ hair filling. They are very simple to make, fun and sticky, taste scrummy and don’t hang around for long in our house. When you see these in the...
