Recipes from a passionate cook & foodie
I first had Croquetas de Jamon when I was on holiday in Nerja, Spain - granted back then they were of the store bought frozen variety but my god they were so very good! They were filled with Jamon de Serrano, a wonderful cured Spanish Ham (one of their greatest exports in my humble opinion). We would have them with a simple tomato salad for lunch. The salad would be drizzled with olive oil, sherry vinega and a light dusting of salt and pepper. Good things sometimes are the most … [Read more...]
I threw this dish together one evening when I had some leftover roast chicken, black olives and a selection of vegetables. It was the most wonderful dish I had eaten in a far while because I was living on a fairly tight budget at the time and, well, chicken was a luxury! I have to say that just frying off raw chicken would not have the same taste using pre-roasted has - especially if you have by chance kept some of those gorgeous heart stopping juices - which in this case I used to coat the … [Read more...]