While my girlfriend is away on holiday I use the opportunity to eat the things she hates. Today a quick little octopus salad. The idea for this one is from my sister. 200g pulpo (octopus), boiled and cleaned 3 tomatoes 1 small onion 1 lime pepper light soy sauce sesame oil lots of fresh coriander Cut the octopus and tomatoes into slices and small pieces. Slice onion. Add juice of lime, coriander, a little bit of soy sauce and sesame oil. Pepper to taste. ...
Simple gravlax recipe: two pieces of salmon with skin on dill (handful) sea salt (two tablespoon) crushed pepper corns (two tablespoon) sugar (one tablespoon) cut dill, mix with salt and pepper. Put one piece of salmon skin down on large bit of cling-film. cover with the mix, put other salmon on top. wrap everything tight in cling-film. Off into the fridge and put something on top to weight it down. ...
New recipe for me, inspired by something I saw Rick Stein doing in some cookery show. Put clams in a hot pan, add a cup of white wine. Cover and cook until they opened. Drain with a colander, but keep the liquid. Discard the clams which did not open. Put some spaghetti or tagliatelle into a pot with boiling water and cook according to package instructions. Meanwhile put one sliced onion and some sliced garlic into a pan with olive oil and fry them until soft. I added some small and medium peeled prawns and some leftover cod pieces. Then add the clams with shells and the white wine liquid you kept. Finally add some aioli. Season with salt pepper and herbs. ...
This is my recipe for paella. The picture was the most recent one I made. It was not perfect because it is my largest pan and it gets a bit difficult. I used two other recipes I found on-line and combined them. olive oil 2 chicken breasts cut in dices 2 onions diced 300 g paella rice 750 ml chicken stock saffron handful frozen peas 1/2 green pepper 1/2 red pepper mixed seafood: squid, prawns, octopus, mussels, shrimps, fish parsley dry white wine lemon Heat a paella or other big flat pan. Add olive oil and fry chicken for 2-3 minutes. Push to the side of the pan, add onions and fry until golden. Season with salt and pepper, but not too much as the stock is probably seasoned too. ...