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Property investment in Germany: how to buy a rental apartment and build long-term wealth
Property investment in Germany can help you earn rental income, repay mortgage debt over time and create another…
Spanish home cooking
Classic home-cooked recipes, explained step by step
More than 450 everyday recipes: sponge cakes and tarts, homemade bread, tapas, fish, rice dishes, sauces and drinks. Simple ingredients and clear steps.
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- Rice and pasta 34 recipes
- Vegetables and pulses 32 recipes
- Ice cream 19 recipes
- Sauces and dressings 24 recipes
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Baking
Christmas food in Spain and the traditions behind every dish
A guide to Christmas food in Spain: what is eaten on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve…
Vegetables
Zucchini and prawn quiche
A puff pastry quiche filled with sautéed zucchini, prawns and onion in an egg, milk, cream and Emmental…
Vegetables
Eggplant and mozzarella stew
A comforting stew of eggplant cubes simmered with onion, garlic, crushed tomatoes, vegetable stock and white wine, finished…
Vegetables
Fried peppers
Spanish fried peppers: strips of red or green pepper dredged in seasoned flour and fried in olive oil…
Vegetables
Roasted eggplant
Simple oven-roasted eggplant slices brushed with olive oil, salt, pepper and optional garlic and herbs, finished with feta…
Sweets and baking
For those with a sweet tooth
Fondant
80s-style cookies
Fun, colorful 80s-style butter cookies made with tinted dough and topped with bright sprinkles. An easy, nostalgic recipe.
Sweet creams and fillings
Salted caramel sauce
Homemade salted caramel sauce made with sugar, cream, butter and kosher salt. Drizzle it over ice cream, tarts…
Chocolate
Ganache-filled chocolates
Homemade dark chocolate bonbons filled with a silky ganache of cream, butter and optional orange liqueur, made in…
Baking
Torrijas (Spanish milk-soaked French toast)
Classic Spanish torrijas: day-old bread soaked in sweet milk infused with cinnamon and lemon, dipped in egg, fried…
Bread and doughs
The smell of freshly baked bread
Bread
Brown butter rolls
Soft, golden dinner rolls brushed with nutty brown butter before baking. An easy yeast dough for breakfast or…
Bread
Farl bread
Northern Irish farl bread: a simple flatbread of flour, yeast, salt and water, cooked on a griddle. Great…
Savory pastries
Bollos preñaos (chorizo-filled buns)
Bollos preñaos from Asturias: soft milk bread rolls baked with spicy chorizo inside. A classic picnic and festival…
Appetizers and starters
Tapas and starters to share
Starters
Prawn and mussel quiche
A seafood quiche with peeled prawns, cooked mussels, onion, eggs, cream and cheese in a puff pastry case.…
Appetizers
Cheese straws
Crisp homemade cheese straws made with flour, butter and grated cheese (cheddar, parmesan or your favorite). A great…
Starters
Potato and porcini bake
A comforting potato and porcini mushroom bake with onion, garlic, stock, eggs, milk and optional cheese, baked until…
Appetizers
Chicken liver and porcini pâté with port and orange
An elegant chicken liver pâté with porcini mushrooms, port wine, thyme and orange zest. Easy to make ahead…
Fish and seafood
From the sea to the table
Seafood
Gambas al pil-pil (garlic chili prawns)
Classic Spanish gambas al pil-pil: prawns sizzled in plenty of olive oil with sliced garlic and dried chili.…
Seafood
Sweet and sour prawns
Asian-inspired sweet and sour prawns with red and green peppers in a sauce of pineapple juice, soy, vinegar,…
Seafood
Seafood and mushroom casserole
A comforting Spanish casserole of prawns, squid and mussels with sliced mushrooms, tomato, smoked paprika, white wine and…
Fish
Hake in squid ink sauce
Tender hake loins in a silky black squid ink sauce with onion, garlic, tomato, white wine and fish…
Rice and pasta
Rice and pasta
Pasta
Pear fagottini with walnut sauce
Crisp phyllo parcels filled with diced pear, walnuts and brown sugar, baked and served with a honey walnut…
Pasta
Tagliatelle Bolognese
Classic tagliatelle Bolognese with ground beef, onion, garlic, crushed tomatoes, red wine and beef stock, topped with Parmesan.
Pasta
Seafood fideuà
Mediterranean seafood fideuà, like paella but made with fine noodles: prawns, mussels and squid cooked with sofrito, white…
Rice
Seafood rice with king prawns
Spanish arroz marinero with king prawns: rice cooked in fish stock with peppers, tomato, sweet paprika and saffron.…
Welcome to la cocinita
This is where we keep the recipes we cook at home: the classics, the ones we ask for on every birthday and the ones we have picked up along the way. Every recipe includes the ingredient list and numbered steps so you can follow it easily, print it or share it.
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