Best Spanish Recipes

This soup was created by a Spanish chef who wanted to use the green parts of the leek, which can be discarded if other recipes use only the white stem. The result is a fantastically tasty and healthy soup perfect for all seasons.
Leeks and Scallions are normally used as basic stock or soup ingredients. In Catalonia they are the star of the summer show, eaten grilled with a Romesco sauce as Calçots.

A great healthy summer salad, perfect for al fresco dining and barbecue. Great to bring to friends’ and picnics as the marinade and cucumber mix and slices can be packed and taken easily in separate plastic containers and the dish presented quickly at the last minute.

Frying al ajillo is a great traditional spanish method. All sorts of food can cooked this way, from small ingredients suited for tapas like prawns to larger pieces like rabbit.
Curiosity: In Spain, a country where vegetarian options are largely non-existing, Mushrooms are one of the most popular main ingredients for tapas.

Tortilla is a simple dish made of potatoes, eggs and often onion. Traditionally slow to make because potatoes are slowly fried to make it, I have replaced the raw potatoes with ready-made crisps. As a result, this variation is a lot quicker and the results is delicious and easy to make.

Tortilla is a simple dish made of potatoes, eggs and often onion. Traditionally high-fat because potatoes are deep fried to make it, I have replaced the deep-fry process with boiling and grilling to avoid the use of most oil. As a result, this variation should be easier on the scales while remaining delicious and easy to make.

Calçots are a variety of scallion (Blanca Grande Tardana) native to Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. Calçots are milder than onions and look similar to small leeks. The most traditional way of eating calçots is in a calçotada, a popular event held between the end of winter and March or April, where calçots are consumed massively. Calçots are traditionally roasted over fire in an outdoor oven but they can also be cooked in a grill, a conventional oven or on top of the stove. Calçots are traditionally served on top of upturned roof tiles, which are used as serving trays.