by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, la murta, Murcia Region, RECIPES
I was terrified of adding this recipe when I was researching, writing and editing the book Spanish Village Cooking – Recetas del Campo, the cookery book for the small village of La Murta here in Murcia, Spain. Why? Because every family in La Murta has their own...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, la murta, RECIPES
Tomatoes are just one of the many things the region of Murcia is famous for (along with golf courses, unused airports and La Manga). Our market garden – la huerta – provides Europe with an excellent array of salad, vegetables and fruit throughout the year....
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, la murta, RECIPES
When I first moved to Spain I frequently saw tins of fish in escabeche or mussels in escabeche in the supermarkets, but I never really liked the look of them. I’m quite an adventurous eater, but the tins didn’t really catch my attention and when I tried...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, la murta, Murcia Region, RECIPES
These are very bad! they are so bad I have made them about 10 times to be sure, and they are very bad. Make more than you need, you will not be able to stop yourself from just checking another one! Take a look at the photos to see how easy these bad boys are to make....
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, la murta, Murcia Region
The traditional Spanish bread, pan, is a long loaf, kind of similar to the French baguette. You can also buy a pan redondo, a round loaf. In the traditional bakeries in Spain they make the bread daily and you can buy it warm in the mornings to have with your olive oil...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, food, la murta, Murcia Region, RECIPES
Here in Murcia we don’t call our rice dishes paellas, we call them arroces. Paellas are Valencian, Arroces are Murcian. We’ve eaten this dish at our friend’s house, Virtudes, so many times that I’ve lost count. Whenever there’s a big party at...
