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Recipes
Melon Soup with Crispy Ham recipe, An easy-to-do dish for this summer
Today, I bring you a delicious and refreshing recipe perfect for hot summer days: melon soup with ham. This combination of sweet and salty flavours is a delight for the taste buds and is very easy to prepare.
This preparation is typical of northern Spain. I discovered it in Gijón (Asturias), wherein most of its bars and cider houses we can enjoy this sea dish to share, with a nice glass of cider.
Today I am going to show you a different recipe for one of the best known Spanish dishes outside the Iberian Peninsula. If you make a trip to Spain and have the opportunity, do not hesitate to try this delicacy of humble origin.
Summer is coming and after all this time spent at home by confinement, I think we have all taken a few extra pounds and we need to fill our diet with healthy foods with little fat.There are innumerable ways to prepare the octopus, I have decided to show you one of my favourites. Octopus salad is very popular in most os the spanish bars and restaurant.
One of the most important Bank holidays in Galicia. “La Hoguera de San Juan”
The Sant Jonh´s eve or “Noche de San Juan” is a Christian Bank holiday, of pagan origin. In the Celtic calendar, this festival corresponds to “Litha”, the other great solstice of the year. It marks the beginning of the summer, but also the beginning of the shortening of the days.
How to make one of the oldest Spanish recipes. Almond Soup with Garlic and Grapes.“Ajo Blanco con Uvas”
“Ajo Blanco “it’s a cold soup very popular in the south of Spain, Andalucía, Extremadura, being the regional dish in Almáchar (Málaga) and Herrera del Duque (Badajoz).It is considered the firstborn of the Andalusian gazpacho since it is based on bread, oil, and garlic. Almonds, salt, and vinegar are usually added and other ingredients depending on the region.
Chorizo is a sausage that contains pork, bacon (tocino), garlic, salt, pepper, paprika (pimentón), and other spices as bases ingredients. One of its main characteristics are the unmistakable smoky aroma, coming from the manufacturing process, and the singular flavor of the PIMENTON (paprika), and the mix of spices and herbs, used in most of recipes.
Today, with the rise of the online business, we could say that we can almost find any typical Spanish product and have it sent home or at work in a few days. That is why I propose this fantastic list of the best top 10 online shops of Spanish food products online, where you can find an incredible variety of options to prepare the best tapas and dishes from the Spanish recipe book.
Some of the questions I receive most about the Spanish iberian ham are :Is the Iberian ham a healthy food? Is it true that ham fat does not give cholesterol? What is the best type of ham?Well, today I am going to clarify all these doubts, talking about one of the jewels of Spanish cuisine.