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 | 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, 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...
by Debbie Jenkins | evergreen, food, RECIPES
Having tried and failed many times to make mayonnaise consistently I was shocked at how easy the Spanish ladies make it look. I tried “The Delia Way” – take 2 50g eggs at room temperature, slowly drizzle the extra virgin oil (SLOWLY! SLOWER!), use a...
by Debbie Jenkins | Celebrations, Cooking, Easter, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
Kind of like eggy-bread or French toast, Torrijas are a wonderful way to use up left over dry bread and all those eggs our chickens are making now the weather has warmed up. As with all my recipes, which are usually passed to me from the ladies in the village (though...
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...
