Comida Española
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These are photos taken by Xosé Castro of Spanish foods.
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Spain: Eggplant tempura with honey and balsamic vinegar and "straw" fried potatoes.
A typical Spanish dish (but we don't call it "tempura").
Berenjenas rebozadas con patatas paja, miel y una reducci�n de vinagre bals�mico.
Restaurante El tendido, en el barrio de Arg�elles de Madrid.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Homemade salad and olives
In Spain we usually have salad as a side order. Salad is not a starter but something you share and eat while you enjoy your main plate. This is a homemade lettuce, mozzarella, ruccola, raisins, and tomato salad dressed with virgin olive oil, Maldon salt, cumin and balsamic vinegar.
Ensalada de lechuga, oruga (r�cola), tomate, pasas, mozzarella y ali�o de aceite de oliva virgen, vinagre bals�mico, sal Maldon y comino.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Green beans and artichokes' fritteda
Fritteda de habitas tiernas y alcachofas.
Restaurante italiano La taverna siciliana.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Dark chocolate cake with Sevilla orange sauce.
Tarta de chocolate oscuro con salsa de naranja amarga
Restaurante italiano Casa Marco, en Madrid, Espa�a.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Five grilled mushroom types
Panach� de setas: cantarelu, boletus, roble, colmenilla y otra que no recuerdo.
Restaurante El Imperio, en Madrid.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Homemade Spanish dinner
A nice homemade dinner to call it a day: olives, salad, cured Ib�rico pork ham & loin, red wine, Spanish tortilla (omelette) and empanada (pie).
Un buena cena casera para rematar el d�a: aceitunas, ensalada, jam�n y lomo ib�rico, empanada, tortilla y vino tinto.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Medias noches in the oven
Homemade "medias noches" (buns) being baked.
Unas medias noches en el horno de casa.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Homemade cod fritters for a home-loving weekend
It's rainy and windy and snowy. Home-cooking time.
Bu�uelos de bacalao para un fin de semana lluvioso, ventoso y nevoso. Fr�o, vamos.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Artichokes with cheese and blood sausage
Alcachofas con queso y morcilla.
Restaurante Entrevinos de Madrid.
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Spain: Vegetarian dish with brown rice, cheese, cauliflower and eggplants
Arroz integral, queso fresco empanado, coliflor con curry, y pastel de berenjenas.
Restaurante vegetariano Artemisa, en Madrid, Espa�a.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Cod balls
Bolas de bacalao caseras, para completar el cocido murciano hecho por mi amigo Javier.
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Madrid: Manchego cheese in olive oil, bread and grissini.
Whole wheat bread, Italian bread and Manchego cheese soaked in virgin olive oil (and oregano).
At the DL's restaurant in Madrid. You can download the menu here (in Spanish).
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Madrid: Cherry soup with cinnamon ice-cream
At the DL's restaurant in Madrid. You can download the menu here (in Spanish).
This was yummy. Lots of cinnamon.
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Spain: Rosc�n de Reyes
We finished this culinary day (slipper lobsters, sea urchin eggs...) with a Rosc�n de Reyes, a typical Spanish cake we usually eat on Epiphany Day (6th January).
Para rematar el d�a (santiagui�os, erizos...), Anusca hizo un rosc�n de Reyes. Varias horas de fermento, reposo y horneado.
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Barcelona: Crema catalana
Typical Catalan desert. It is sweet custard with a hard caramel cover.
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Spain: Homemade doughnuts
I had a couple of these for breakfast.
Rosquillas caseras. Me com� dos de estas para desayunar.
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Spain: Stew's soup. Sopa de cocido.
Soup made with the Spanish stew liquid matter and some added ingredients: eggs, carrots, noodles, chicken liver...
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Spain: Roasted & stuffed turkey. Pavo asado y relleno.
Christmas lunch. Stuffed with dried fruits and nuts.
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Spain: Steamed mussels. Mejillones al vapor.
Just that, some mussels boiled in a little bit of salty water (vapour does the rest) with a bay leaf. Eat with a squiert of lemmon.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Homemade cr�me caramel. Flan casero.
A typical Spanish dessert. My mom's.
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Spain: Spanish nougat ("turr�n", typical Christmas dessert).
Basically, different combinations of entire or minced almonds and honey.
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Spain: Spanish nougat ("turr�n de Alicante").
This one is called "Torta de Alicante". Whole almonds, a mix of churned honey and sugar, all bottom and top-covered with a thin wafer.
This is a typical Spanish Christmas dessert
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Spanish nougat ("turr�n", typical Christmas dessert).
Basically, different combinations of entire or minced almonds and honey.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Five strong creamy cheeses from Extremadura (Spain).
Five types of stinky Extremadura (Spain) cheeses.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Sweet & Sour sea bass at Buen Gusto Chinese restaurant.
Buen Gusto means "Good Taste". This restaurant is located in Madrid. The fish was fresh and tasty. Excelent.
Lubina agridulce en restaurante Buen Gusto (Madrid).
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Roasted piglet at Casa Bot�n. Cochinillo en Casa Bot�n.
According to the Guiness World of Records, www.CasaBotin.com (Madrid) is the oldest restaurant in the world. Roasted piglet is one of their specialties.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Galician wheat bread (Galicia, NW Spain).
You can spear the bread with this silver bread fork and then push the top slider to drop it.
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Spain: Spanish tapas. Tapas espa�olas.
Red sausage, unleavened bread (cracker), olives, tortilla (potato and eggs), cured pork ham (jam�n serrano) and red wine.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Stuffed filloas. Galician cr�pes.
You can find different versions of this dish (thicker, sweeter, more or less flour...) all around the world: filloa, frisuelo, tortita (Spain); panqueque (Argentina, Uruguay); pancakes (several countries); cr�pes, roti, etc.
Photo by Xos� Castro
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Spain: Galician stew: pork, garbanzo beans, sausage, veal, turnip greens and boiled potatos (Galicia).
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Spain: Spanish nougat ("turr�n" and other typical Christmas desserts).
Turr�n, almendrados, polvorones...
Search in my pictures using tags like turr�n or nougat to see some explanations and ingredients.
Photo by Xos� Castro