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Spanish tortilla de patatas

Monica — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:50:41 +0000

So, I realize it’s time for me to share this recipe with you. I learned how to make tortilla de patatas not in Spain, but in the states, almost 10 years ago, where I met y friend Juanjo who taught me how to do it. By then, I didn’t even got why he had such a big amount of olive oil. Now of course, I get it completely and I follow his steps. Anyway here it goes, eaaasy and delicious. I’m also gonna tip you which is for me the best place to eat it in Madrid, and that’s at Jose Luis, it’s fantastic.

Important: the potatoes are cooked slowly in oil at low temperature. They are neither fried or cooked first in water, or anything like that. Patience always adds flavour!!

Clovis, that also makes a real good one by the way, ate this one with me in Berlin for lunch and a series

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Spanish Patatas Bravas

Monica — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:23:28 +0000

Patatas bravas are fried potato dices served with salsa brava, a spicy tomato sauce. And every bar in Spain has them. So when your house is the place to serve tapas, better still to prepare this delicious home-made bravas. I prepare them for my friend’s Elena surprise birthday party. I also prepared this tequeños and easy and delicious sandwichs.

Always when I go out for tapas, we order patatas bravas. Sometimes they are really dissapointing, but sometimes they turn out to be spectacular. That’s when you know your coming back to the bar. Believe me, if you make them right your a winner!! So here is my version of a winning recipe!!

Delicious!

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German Potato Salad

Monica — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:21:11 +0000

First of all, I want to thank GastronomíaYCia for giving my Panettone the first prize in the Christmas Recipe contest they made. I won an amazing printer and dinner for two in an international food restaurant of my choice. So I’m so very happy with my super prize! I also just recently came from an amazing trip to India and Nepal, had the opportunity to attend a wonderful fairy tale wedding in Mombai (Vargas Llosa wrote and article about it in his last column) and spent a lot of time with my beautiful family. So I am abolutely recharged and willing to accomplish many things this 2012!

This recipe actually is from 2011, from the latest Christmas, which I spent with my family in Berlin. So, given the circumstances this German Potato Salad could not miss this year. I’ve been cooking it for many years now, this recipe though has new important ingredients such as broth and the juice from the bacon.

Adding the vinegar while still warm not only keeps the potatoes firm but enrichens the flavour, as does the broth and bacon juice. It is a simple salad, delicious to eat with nothing more, with a grilled fish, with sausages, with turkey, etc…. and it is also very simple to make! So here you go, the step by step recipe.

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Home-made hamburguers

Monica — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:38:55 +0000

Last year I bought the KitchenAid and with some of alll the accesories it has, I bought also the meat-food-grinder. It’s big premiere was the way it had to be: with the best-quality meat in order to make the best home-made hamburguers. If you want to keep on with this home-made fever I strongly recommend you should also bake these delicious hamburguer breads that I baked a few days ago in Berlin. Soon I’ll be making my own ketchup and barbecue sauce, and if you have any more things you’d like me to make, just write me!! Waiting for all your comments

We made these hamburguers with mushrooms and sauteed onions, melted cheese and the classic tomato-lettuce and sauces. Enjoy them with a cold coke, french fries and a movie!!

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