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Recipes: Sometimes it’s best not to overthink things
Posted in Cooking on May 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Backyard BBQ Challenge #1a: Mmmm! More Please! – Cookout Recipes and A Side of Music Part One: Side Dishes
Posted in Cooking on March 28, 2012 | 30 Comments »
Beginning with apologies for a blatant format swipe of recipe and song from Steenbeck’s blog! It’s wonderful, if you haven’t yet checked it out. Tincanman‘s challenge this week has started the gastric juices flowing. Some wonderful recipes (some new and some old family favourites) have been hinted at, alluded to and one already offered by [...]
Tapas IX – Chorizo a la Sidra
Posted in Cooking, Uncategorized on July 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »
This one is dead easy. It’s also really scrumptious. Loads of lovely liquid to dip crusty bread in as well as the chorizo itself. It’s originally from Asturias in Northern Spain but can be found all over the place now. Ingredients: 250 grams of chorizo. The soft, cooking kind not the cured, slicing kind. Half [...]
Tapas VIII – Solomillo de Cerdo al Whisky
Posted in Cooking on June 29, 2011 | 5 Comments »
A tapa I first came across in Seville, although you can find it all over Andalusia and the rest of Spain. Mrs Maki quite often does this as a meal and serves it with plain white rice and some garlic mushrooms. SOLOMILLO AL WHISKY INGREDIENTS: 2 or 3 pork fillet tips cut into slices 1 [...]
Tapas VII – Migas (breadcrumbs) with serrano ham and chorizo
Posted in Cooking on June 22, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Some of the best tapas are really just made with leftovers. This is another great way of using up bread that’s past its best and really is one of my favourites. There are many variations on the theme but this one is pretty standard and not too difficult to get right. INGREDIENTS Half a kilo [...]
Tapas VI – Patatas Bravas
Posted in Cooking on June 15, 2011 | 7 Comments »
One of the staples of any Bar de Tapas in Madrid are the Patatas Bravas. Here is a recipe: INGREDIENTS 700 gm Potatoes. 500 ml Tomato Sauce (see below). 1 hot red pepper or a generous splash of Tabasco. 3 soupspoons of olive oil. Plenty of oil to fry the potatoes in. METHOD Peel potatoes [...]
Tapas V – Bread and Tomatoes!
Posted in Cooking on June 8, 2011 | 5 Comments »
What to do with that loaf of almost stale bread and those over ripe tomatoes? Here’s a couple of ideas. SALMOREJO This is a tapa or starter from Corboba and is reminiscent of Gazpacho, although the consistency is considerably thicker. Ingredients: 1 kilo ripe tomatoes 1 clove garlic (more if you like it really tangy) [...]
Tapas IV
Posted in Cooking on June 1, 2011 | 11 Comments »
TORTILLA DE CALABACÍN One for our veggie friends this week! Courgette (Zucchini) omelette (omelet). Ingredients: 6 Eggs 200 ml Olive oil 1 kilo courgettes (unpeeled) 2 onions (chopped) Salt Mayonnaise Ciabatta bread Method: In half the oil gently fry the onions, well seasoned with the salt. Wash the courgettes and without peeling, slice finely and [...]
Tapas III
Posted in Cooking on May 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Our local fishmongers is full of boquerones and sardines right now. Here’s another maki family recipe that will no doubt get a few outings over the next month or so. Stuffed Sardines Ingredients: 16 large sardines 65g breadcrumbs 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 2 soupspoons capers, drained and finely chopped 35g parmesan cheese, grated 2 [...]
Another Tapa
Posted in Cooking on May 11, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I’m a big fan of the “Tapa de Cocina”. One thing is the slice or (hopefully) slices of some fine charcutería that the barman will plop down on the bar alongside your drink and quite another is the lovingly prepared mini dish of some regional speciality that you may have to order and pay for [...]
Tapas
Posted in Cooking on May 2, 2011 | 21 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while. Simple recipes for tapas. This is a first try and although I’m confident about the recipe, I’m not so sure how it’ll work with the fish you have access to. If anyone tries it, I’d appreciate feedback. Mrs Maki and I have a lot of tapas [...]
Some Domestic EOTWQs
Posted in Cooking, EOTWQs, Housekeeping on March 2, 2011 | 31 Comments »
I don’t really have time to do this properly, and I really ought to be doing several other things – but since everyone else is clearly in the same position, that is going to provide the theme for these last-minute stopgap EOTWQs. Apologies for the fact that they’re rather mundane, but it’s that sort of [...]
New Orleans: the musical
Posted in Architecture, blues, Cooking, Jazz, tagged glasshalfempty, new orleans, travel on January 9, 2011 | 15 Comments »
As some of you may recall, I recently had a trip to New Orleans . As a lover of jazz, blues and cajun/zydeco, this has been on my wishlist for years, and I was not disappointed (thanks for the research, ejaydee). I can see why Ray Davies chose to live there (until getting shot, and [...]
I’ll kiss you.. you’re Beautiful.. 5 years
Posted in 2000s, Art, blues, Cooking, Experimental, Flower Power, Indie, Literature, Musing, Randomness, Readers Recommend, Technology on September 5, 2010 | 18 Comments »
On Recollection De Rosa [Audio http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1075113/FIVE%20RR/07%20On%20Recollection.mp3] Time for a beer .. cheers to one and all RR oddities.. for 5 full and fantastic years of quality music .. I’ve found some beauties in times past due to you lot.. but sod that .. my collection of music is considerable more tasteful than yours.. here’s a [...]
Sausages and Mash with Onion Gravy
Posted in Cooking, tagged CaroleBristol, comfort food, sausages and mash on August 27, 2010 | 16 Comments »
We haven’t had a food post for a while, so I thought I’d post one. OK, it was a coldish and wet evening and I wanted some proper comfort food tonight – sausages with whole-grain mustard mash and onion gravy. Sausages and mash is just one of the truly great things to eat. Porky loveliness [...]
Recipe – what recipe?
Posted in Cooking, tagged gazpacho on July 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Thanks to Panthersan for the “souperstar” post! Here’s the recipe for anyone who might want to try it! Summer’s here and Gazpacho is back on the menu. A refreshing, tangy, cold tomato soup from Andalusia. I make no claims as to authenticity but this is the way we make it in Casa Maki. (You can, [...]
Thanks Maki – You’re a souperstar!
Posted in Cooking on July 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Gazpacho, soup
