Ingredients: 12 ripe plum tomatoes, skinned and deeseeded 1 1/2 cups good quality olive oil 2 large sweet Spanish onions, peeled and finely diced 1 tsp caster sugar 1 tsp sea salt 1 tsp Pimientón (Spanish sweet paprika, smoked) 1 tsp chilli powder (hot or whatever you prefer 1 bay leaf (laurel) Method: After skinning, scrape the seeds from the tomatoes into a sieve set over a bow (using a small spoon) cover and leave to “drip”. Blitz the tomatoes, add the juices from the … [Read more...]
Plum Sauce
July 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This is a very simple plum sauce I threw together when I had an abundance of plums - the local market was selling end of season plums for 1 euro for 2 kilos! Ingredients 1 kilo of plums (preferably very ripe) 100g of Sugar 100ml of water Wash and de-stone the plums. Throw them in a pan with the water and sugar. Cook on a low heat until they fall. Push through a fine mesh and cool. Wonderful served with yoghurt, ice creams or anything else that takes your fancy. My most recent is a … [Read more...]
How to thicken sauces
June 12, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flour - this can be used in three ways to make a roux, a beurre manié or simply mixed with water or milk. Roux - this is made by melting the butter and mixing in the flour then cooking over a medium heat for 5 minutes. The “classic†recipes tend to call for equal quantities of fat to flour but many prefer more fat than flour which not only gives a richer flavour but also allows the roux to be combined with the liquid far easier. I prefer a lighter sauce and on average use 37 … [Read more...]
Homemade Tomato Frito
May 18, 2007 By 10 Comments
In many of my recipes you will often hear me mention using a tomato frito, which we often buy ready made here in Spain. However, in case you do not have this option and would like to try how much richer it makes a dish, please feel free to use the following recipe. Ingredients 1 kg very ripe tomatoes [or equivalent tinned tomatoes] 3 tbs of olive oil 1 teaspoon sugar 1 medium onion Salt Basil 1 clove garlic (optional) Method 1. Heat the oil in a frying pan, and gently fry off the … [Read more...]
Cranberry Sauce with Red Wine & Orange
December 24, 2006 By Leave a Comment
This is my own recipe made up on the cuff one fine Christmas day several year ago. Its transpired transpired because I lacked a recipe at the time - and once we had it this way no other recipe would do. Once you have tasted homemade cranberry sauce you'll never buy the readymade again! Personally I love to experiment with my own ideas, and this was a definite winner with my family. Ingredients 1 orange 175g/5oz caster sugar 5 tbsp Red Wine [approximate, I tend to slosh red wine … [Read more...]