by Debbie Jenkins | Christmas, Cooking, food, RECIPES, Video
An empanada is a stuffed pastry, baked or fried, popular in many countries in Southern Europe, Latin America and parts of Southeast Asia. An empanadilla is a small empanada. Often empanadas are savoury, served as Spanish second breakfast, this is a sweet version. When...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, RECIPES
Cod (bacalao) is the most consumed white fish in Spain. It has beneficial nutritional properties and great versatility in the kitchen. Cod is bought and consumed fresh, frozen, smoked or salted (dried then salted); the latter being the most traditional and widespread....
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, food, Murcia Region, The Book
After the success of our last cookery book project with Finca Torrecillas – Spanish Cooking Uncovered: Farmhouse Favourites – we came up with an idea to work with our local village ladies and this year’s fiesta committee to make a La Murta Ladies...
by Debbie Jenkins | Christmas, Cooking, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
At Christmas time in Spain the shops start to fill up with a Spanish specialty – Turrón. There’s every sort you can imagine, from all the big brand cake & dessert factories – chocolate flavour, crunchy, squishy, with pistachios, with candied...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, PRESS, The Book
Paco de Lara from Finca Torrecillas Eco Retreat in Murcia, Southern Spain, was excavating one of the out-buildings at his lovely restored Finca when he found a huge pile of hand written notebooks. Each notebook was covered in meticulous handwriting, with...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, RECIPES, The Book
This is one of my favourite recipes in the Spanish Cooking Uncovered: Farmhouse Favourites cooking book. The first time I made it I thought it all looked a bit simple, nothing interesting, just some ham and cheese, what’s the big deal? By the third time my...
