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Diciembre 23rd, 2009

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FABAS CON ALMEJAS (4 personas)

-1/2 Kg. de Faba asturiana.

- 1 trozo de tocino.

- 2 chorizos caseros.

- 1 morcilla asturiana (no de arroz!!!)

- 1 hueso de jamon.

- 1 hueso de caña de ternera.

- 2 hojas de laurel.

- 4 dientes de ajo.

- 300 gramos de almejas.

- perejil.

- Vino blanco.

- Pan rayado.

- Aceite.

- 1 guindilla.

El día anterior se pone las fabas a remojar en agua fria, más o menos 12 horas.

Se pone en una olla express agua fria con las fabas y cuando empiece a hervir se le echa toda la carne, los huesos y el laurel, tapas la olla y a fuego lento 40 minutos.

Aparte haces las almejas: poniendo 4 cucharadas de aceite en una sarten, los ajos y el perejil machacado y una guindilla a freir, y las almejas que previamente las tienes que abrir al vapor con medio vaso de agua. En esa misma sartén añades el caldo de cocer las almejas después de colarlo con un colador de tela, añades también dos cucharadas de pan rayado y vino blanco y lo dejas reduciendo.

Cuando las fabas hayan terminado de cocer se les quita la carne y los huesos y se añade todo lo que estaba en la sartén, se deja cocer otros 3 minutos más y ya está!

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FAVA BEANS WITH CLAMS (4 people)

Ingredients:

- 1/2 kg of Asturian Fava Beans.

- A piece of pork fat.

- 2 chorizos

- 1 black pudding (without rice).

- The bone of a Ham.

- Bone of Veal.

- 2 Bay leaves.

- 4 Cloves of garlic.

- 300 gr of clams

- Parsley

- White wine

- Breadcrumbs

- Olive Oil

- 1 Chili

The previous day leave the beans to soak, at least for 12 hours.

Boil some water in a pressure cooker, and add the meat, the bones and the bay leaves. Cook at low flame for 40 minutes.

Cook the clams in a frying pan following these instructions. Heat 4 tbsp of olive oil, then add the garlic and parsley finely chopped, a chili and the clams (that have to be opened previously, steam them using half a glass of water). Add also the stock of the clams, after draining it. Add also 2 tbsp of breadcrumbs, some white wine and let it cook for a while.

When the beans are ready, you just have to remove the meat and the bones, and then add everything that was in the frying pan, and let it cook for 3 more minutes. And that’s it!

Diciembre 22nd, 2009

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Diciembre 20th, 2009

Pulcinella is a cosy place with the walls covered with photos of Italian personalities and beautiful and exhuberant Italian women, that is always full, dark, noisy, and that is served by friendly Italian waiters. It’s a nice place to be. This cute restaurant is in C/ Regueros 7, in Alonso Martínez, Madrid. Let’s see what can we have there.

Their menu is a long one. It will take you a while to make your mind, but, while you choose, they serve you some cheese cream and bread, and that always helps.

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Our choice for this occasion was a Rocket, Tomato and Parmigiano Salad, Grilled Vegetables, a Rocket and Parmigiano Pizza, Pizza Diavola (Tomato, Mozzarella, Black Olives and Spicy Salami), Penne with Salmon and cooked in Vodka, Spaghetti alla Carbonara di Zuchinne, Tagliolini al Nero di Sepia with Prawns and Crayfish (this was amazing) and Escalopes cooked in Lemon. Everything was good and plentiful.

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Our wine choice was Casal di Serra. A nice white, perfect for seafood.

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And we finished our dinner with some shots of delicious Lemoncello, compliment of the house.

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Diciembre 18th, 2009

I definitely should go more often to Embassy. This Salon de Thé was opened in 1931 and is located in one of the poshest areas of Madrid, at Paseo de la Castellana 12. Don’t expect design or luxurious decoration. It’s old fashioned, very old fashioned actually. The regulars are, mostly, old ladies at tea time, and old gentlemen at dinner time, and that’s it.  Fantastic.

Why should you go there? Because they know how to make cocktails. Really. Try the Bloody Mary with coriander, or their amazing Mojito.  And they have delicious food. Forget about Nouvelle Cuisine, here you will find a very simple menu, but SO good and tasty. This time we opted for Fried Cod with Padrón Peppers, a tray of assorted hot sandwiches, Escalopes with 3 different mustards (figs, walnuts and orange), Croquettes and lots of Mojitos.

A selection of assorted sweets and mini cakes was brought to the table, as a compliment of the house, and let me tell you, those were some of the best mini cakes I’ve ever had in my life, I had to eat 4 of them because I could simply not believe how good they were.

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* Big thanks to Alberto Jackson and his iphone for the pics!