Spanish recipes with Sofia

CHICKEN IN ORANGE SAUCE

9/29/2019

My mum used to cook this delicious recipe when I was a Kid. She cooked it in a massive pan as we are a big family. I used to opened the pan and smell plenty of times before lunch looking forward to eat it. So I hope tan you enjoy this easy and tasty recipe as much as I do!.

INGREDIENTS for 4-6:

2 Chicken breast.
3 Oranges.
1-2 Lemons.
Chicken Stock (optional)
Flour or cornflour.
Salt and pepper.

METHOD:

Make skinny fillets to the chicken breast.
Dip each fillet into the flour and fry them in a pan with olive oil. Do not fry it until golden brown, just until it gets white or a bit brown.
In another deep pan add the juice of the lemon and the orange.Then as optional add half of the stock and one or two teaspoons of flour. Therefore seasoning it with salt and pepper to your taste and stir everything up.
Add the chicken and cook everything in the medium heating for 10-15 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!

Cook with love,

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VEGETABLE STUFFED AUBERGINE/EGGPLANT

8/20/2019

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Try this lovely recipe! There is lots ways to make stuffed aubergine! Here it is one way I like a lot, so hope you like it too!

INGREDIENTS for 4:

2 Aubergines.
2 Cloves of garlic.
1 Onion.
1 Red pepper.
1 leek.
1 or 2 Courgette.
500gr Tomato passata.
Grated cheese.
Olive oil, Salt and pepper.

METHOD:

Cut the Aubergine in half. Take out the meat of the aubergine. To do this you can mark with the knife around the borders of the aubergine,make some diagonal cuts in the middle in opposite directions and then take out the meat with a spoon.
Chop the garlic, the onion, the pepper, the courgette, the leek,and the meat of the aubergine into small pieces.
In a deep pan with boiling water place the aubergines facing the hole up and cook it in the medium heating for 30 minutes.
In a fry pan with olive oil add the garlic. When the oil gets hot add the onion and the pepper and cook it for few minutes. Then add the rest of the vegetables seasoning it with salt and pepper and if you wish you can add some herbs and smoked paprika.
Cook everything for about 15 minutes in the medium heating or until everything is cooked.
Add the tomato passata and cook everything for few minutes more.
In a tray put some baking paper just in case the aubergine stick to the tray.
Fill the aubergines and add the grated cheese.
Grill the aubergines in the oven for about 10 minutes.
Enjoy!

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MEAT LASAGNA!

8/1/2019

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I love lasagna so much! It is an Italian dish but we love to make it in Spain. There is so many varieties and ways to make it. Here is a recipe from my mother that my friends, family and I like a lot.It is an easy way and delicious!!! So.. why don´t you try to make it and let me know if you enjoy it as much as i do!.

INGREDIENTS for 10:

- 1 Onion.
- 1 Red pepper.
- 800gr-1kg Minced meat.
- kg Chopped tomato/ Tomato passata.
- 250-300gr Grated cheese.
- 200gr Lasagna sheets.
- Smoked paprika, ground pepper, salt, bay leaves…
- Olive oil.

Bechamel

- 1,200L Milk.
- 80gr of Flour.
- 80gr of Butter.
- Nutmeg, salt and ground pepper.

METHOD:

Chop the garlic, the onion and the pepper.
In a pan with a bit of olive oil add the garlic. When the oil gets hot add the onion and the pepper and cook everything for few minutes.
Add the meat and season it with salt, pepper, a bay leave, smoked paprika and if you wish you can add more herbs to your taste.
While the meat is cooking we can make the bechamel or white sauce.
In a pan warm the milk with a pinch of salt, pepper and nutmeg.
In another deep pan melt the butter and afterwards add the flour. Mix everything with the whisk.
When is well mixed add a bit of the milk and keep stirring it all the time. Keep adding slowly the milk. Then cook it until you have a good texture.Its very important not to stop stirring the sauce.
When the meat is nearly cooked add the chopped tomato/tomato passata. If you use chopped tomato add a bit of sugar so the mix doesn´t get a sour taste. And cook everything for 5-10 minutes more.
Add with a ladle a bit of bechamel into the meat in order to avoid a dry stuffing.
Preheat the oven at 180°C.
In a tray add a ladle of bechamel to cover the tray and prevent the pasta to get sticky on it.
Add some pasta sheets and cover it with half of the meat stuff. After that add another layer of lasagna sheets and then the rest of the meat. Finally add another layer of pasta and pour very carefully the bechamel.
Add the ground cheese on the top.
Cook the lasagna in the oven for about 40-45minutes.
Enjoy!

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BEEF RAGOUT WITH MUSTARD

3/18/2019

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This is one of my favourites recipes. It could be sound weird that the stew is with mustard but the flavour it´s incredibly delicious. Even if you don´t like mustard you will love this recipe.So why don´t you try to make it and impress your family, friends, partner or just your self!. Don´t forget it would taste better if you cook it with love. :)

INGREDIENTS for 4-5:

1kg chunky beef (flank).
250gr mushrooms.
1 Clove of garlic.
1 Onion.
125ml Red wine.
125gr Dijon mustard.
Meat stock.
Flour.
Salt.
Olive oil.

METHOD:

Chop the garlic and the onion.
Slice the mushrooms.
Pass the each piece of meat through the flour.
In a pan with a bit of olive oil fry the meat until golden brown. We are not going to fully cook the meat, we just want to make the skin crunchy.
Leave the meat on a side for later.
In the same pan we fried the meat, add the garlic and the onion and cook it for few minutes.
Add the meat and the red wine.Cook it for few minutes more to evaporate the alcohol.
Cover everything with water, add the meat stock and cook it for 2 hours on high-heat.If it comes fat during the cooking, you can take it out with a spoon or an skimmer.
In the main time fry the mushroom in a separate pan.
After the two hours or when the meat is already cooked, add the mushrooms and the mustard and cook it for 15 minutes more.
As optional you can fry some chunky potatoes to accompany the stew.
Enjoy!

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COD AND POTATO STEW

2/3/2019

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This stew is really easy to make it. It’s healthy and tasty. My mother used to cook it very often and I love it so I want to share this lovely recipe with you. It is ideal for you when you don’t know what to do and you don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen.
So enjoy the recipe and make it with love!

INGREDIENTS for 4:

1 small Onion.
5-6 potatoes.
1 Clove of garlic.
1 Green pepper.
300gr Minced cod.
1 Egg (optional).
Salt.
Olive oil.

METHOD:

Chop the garlic and the onion.
Slice the pepper.
Chop the potato into irregular cubes.
If the cod is salted you have to desalted it ( Cover the cod in cold water for 24h for small pieces and for 48 for big pieces, change the water every 8h).
In a pan fry the garlic, the onion and the pepper for few minutes.
Add a liter of water. When it comes to boil add the potatoes.
Cook everything on high-heat for 5 minutes and then on slow-heat for 5 minutes more.
Add the cod and seasoning with salt to your taste and cook for 10 minutes more or until the potatoes are cooked.
As an option you can add an egg and cook for few minutes more.

Cook with love!

Thanks :)

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COURGETTE SOUP

1/18/2019

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This lovely soup is perfect for a chilli day. It will warm you up!

INGREDIENTS for 4:

3-4 small courgette
4-5 potatoes.
1 Clove of garlic.
1 Onion.
3 Pieces of cheese (the laughing cow).
Veg stock.
2 Eggs.
Salt, ground pepper, paprika, mix herbs.
Olive oil.

METHOD:

Peel the garlic, the onion, the courgette and the potatoes. Chop them in medium pieces.
In a pan with boiling water add the eggs and cook them for 10 minutes.
In another pan, add olive oil and add the garlic. When the oil gets hot add the onion, the potatoes and the courgette.
Add the seasoning (salt, pepper, mix herbs and the paprika).
Cook everything for few minutes in the hight heating.
Cover everything with water and add the veg stock. When it comes to boil cook it for 20-25 minutes.
Add the cheese and blend the soup.
Peel the boil egg and chop it very finely, you can do it with a fork crushing the egg onto the chopping board.
Add the egg onto the soup.

Enjoy and warm yourself up!

Cook with love,

Sofia

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PAELLA WITH ALBERTO!

6/23/2018

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Alberto shows us in this video how to make a lovely paella, he is being doing paellas for a long time and they are just delicious so I wanted him to show you his way on how to make it, this is a recipe of a paella Valenciana with chicken and beans.

Paella is one of the most popular and famous dishes in Spain, there are so many variations of paella.
Valencia in Eastern Spain is the undisputed home of paella. Depends of the area in Spain the variation is different. They can do with chicken, with rabbit, with seafood, also a mix of meat and seafood…

I just love paella too much, when I was being my home town I used to eat It every Sunday with my family, now every time I eat paella it reminds me that lovely time with my family.

INGREDIENTS for 5-6:

A whole chicken.
1 tomato.
1-2 Cloves of garlic (optional).
180gr stringless beans/runner beans
1 tin of butter beans.
3 mugs (600gr approx.) of paella rice or short grain rice.
6 mugs (1,200L of water)
Rosemary, Saffron, salt and olive oil.

CHICKEN STOCK

1 onion.
The carcasses of the chicken.
½ carrot.
1 piece of celery.
1 piece of leek.
Salt, olive oil.

METHOD:

Chop the chicken in big chuncks.
Chop the stringless or runner beans in 3-4 pieces, take out the nib.
Grate the tomato.
STOCK: in a pan with olive oil, add the carcasses, the vegetables and salt. Fry for few minutes and cover with water, cook in the medium heating for about one hour.
In the paella pan, add the olive oil and the garlic in the case you want with it.
When the garlic is getting dark take out of the pan.
Fry the chicken until it gets golden brown, don’t move the chicken a lot, when is done take out from the pan and reserve it for later.
Fry the stringless beans around ten minutes until they get properly brown.
Turn off the heating and add the paprika, cook few seconds and add the tomato, Put the heating medium and cook for few minutes stirring all the time.
Add the butter beans the chicken and cook for few minutes more.
Add the rice trying to distribute the same amount around all the pan.
Fry a bit and add the water, the water is always twice the volume of liquid than rice, you can put a little bit more of 6 mugs but be careful not to add too much more.
Add the rosemary and don’t stir the rice anymore.
Check the amount of salt, we want it a bit salty.
Cook it in the high heat for two or three minutes.
Cook in the medium heating until the water is evaporated (around 15 min).
If you want the rice crispy in the bottom (called socarrat) cook for one minute more in the maximum.
Cover the rice with foil or newspaper to rest for about 10 min.

Cook with love!

Thank you! :)

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RIOJANA POTATOES WITH CHORIZO

5/13/2018

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This lovely stew is typical in la Rioja, and become popular in some areas around it, the main ingredients are potatoes, green pepper, chorizo and paprika.

Here it is an easy recipe as there is a lot of different ones.

Enjoy and cook it with love!! :)

INGREDIENTS for 4:

4-5 potatoes.
3 Cloves of garlic.
1 Green pepper.
1 Onion.
200gr chorizo.
Chicken stock.
Smocked paprika, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
Olive oil.

METHOD:

Chop the garlic and the onion.
Slice the pepper and the chorizo.
Husked the potatoes to loosen the starch and fatten the sauce.
In a pan, add olive oil and cook for few minutes the garlic, the onion, and the pepper.
Add the chorizo and the potatoes.
Season it with salt, pepper, smocked paprika and the bay leaf, and cook it for few minutes.
Cover with water and add the chicken stock.
When the water is boiling cook in the medium heating for 20-30 minutes.

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HAKE IN GREEN SAUCE

5/12/2018

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Try this super easy and healthy recipe!!!! This Spanish recipe is typical in País Vasco area, here it is an easy and basic recipe, sometimes people add boil egg or clams, prawns and asparagus so try your own style!!

INGREDIENTS for 2:

2 Hake fillets.
1 Onion
2 Cloves of garlic.
200 ml of water + fish cube / fish stock.
100 ml white wine.
2 spoons of plain flour.
Parsley, salt, pepper.
Olive oil.

METHOD:

Chop the garlic, the onion and the parsley.
In a pan add a bit of olive oil and the garlic, so the oil takes all the flavour of the garlic.
When everything is hot, add the onions and blanch them a bit.
Add the flour and cook for few minutes.
Add the wine, the water and the fish cube, and cook few minutes more in the medium heating.
Add the parsley, the salt and the pepper.
Add the filets with the skin up and cook them in the slow heating for few minutes.
Turn the fillets and cook them for few minutes.

Cook with love!

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RICE WITH CHICKEN

5/3/2018

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Try this easy rice with chicken! This tasty recipe doesn’t take long to make and is easy, cheap and healthy, perfect for any day when you don’t know what to cook.

The most I like is my mums she used to cook a lot when a was a kid, sometimes she adds more water so the rice is like we say in Spain ‘’caldoso’’.

INGREDIENTS for 4:

Chicken.
1 Onion.
2 Cloves of garlic
1 Green pepper.
240gr rice.
500 ml water.
2 Carrots.
Saffron/colorant/ tomato.
Parsley.

METHOD:

Chop all the vegetables
In a pan with olive oil cook all the vegetables in the medium heating for 4 minutes.
Add the chicken and cook for 4 minutes more.
Add the rice and cook 2 minutes.
Add the water, season it with salt, add the saffron/colorant, cook for 3-4 min in the maximum heating.
Cover the rice and cook it in the slow heating for 15-17 min.
Switch of and leave it 5 min to settle down.

Cook with love!

Thanks :)

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CHICKEN IN ORANGE SAUCE

VEGETABLE STUFFED AUBERGINE/EGGPLANT

MEAT LASAGNA!

BEEF RAGOUT WITH MUSTARD

COD AND POTATO STEW

COURGETTE SOUP

PAELLA WITH ALBERTO!

RIOJANA POTATOES WITH CHORIZO

HAKE IN GREEN SAUCE

RICE WITH CHICKEN

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