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...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Fiestas, flora and fauna, food, Murcia Region, The Book, towns
After four more years of research, investigating, enjoying and eating (!) here in Murcia we’ve eventually finished the third edition of our popular book, Going Native In Murcia. This one is a whopper, with 3 times as much information plus town maps. I...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
Zarangollo is a common dish in the Murcian countryside in Spain. It is frequently served in tapas bars in the area. The dish is a scrambled eggs with courgettes, onion, and occasionally potatoes. All ingredients are sliced very finely, fried in olive oil and then...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, evergreen, food, Murcia Region
Sierra Espuna In May, we had elderly relatives on holiday with us and decided to try a day out to the Sierra Espuña National Park in Murcia. The Sierra Espuña is a vast mountain range and National Park, with many walking trails, view points and places of interest to...
