This Spanish tomato and sardine salad recipe for ensalada de tomate y sardinas makes a salad from Southern Spain that’s enormously popular in summer, although you can happily eat this salad year-round if you can source good tomatoes. Sweet tomato wedges and sardines are scattered with sliced shallots, salty capers, Spanish green olives, fresh parsley, … Read more
This Spanish potatoes and peppers recipe makes poor man’s potatoes – or patatas o lo pobre or patatas pobres in Spanish – a deliciously addictive and rustic dish of potatoes, onions and peppers or capsicums fried in extra virgin olive oil and garlic, seasoned with little else but sea salt and ground cracked black pepper, … Read more
Our braised chicken with olives and capers recipe makes incredibly succulent chicken legs in the Basque style with a couple of surprising Asian ingredients. Adapted from a recipe by Australian chef Martin Benn, it’s a foolproof set-and-forget chicken recipe that no matter how long you leave it or reheat it the chicken remains juicy. Serve … Read more
This Basque garlic soup recipe makes a gently spiced bread and egg drop soup that’s deliciously rich and hearty. The creamy texture comes courtesy of whisked eggs drizzled into the broth and the deep flavours are thanks to generous amounts of garlic, paprika and sherry vinegar. Ground chillies give the warming soup an extra kick … Read more
This Spanish potato salad recipe makes ensaladilla Rusa or ensalada Rusa, one of the most popular Spanish tapas bar dishes. Ensalada means salad in Spanish and it’s an appetiser size called raciones, while ensaladilla means little salad and is a smaller tapas snack size. In Spain, this creamy potato salad is typically served with crunchy … Read more