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Hake and Shrimp Flan (Flan de Merluza y Gambas) Happy New Year 2015 !!! This week, we’d like to share with all of you a recipe that brings us fond memories of this past year, which we just left behind, one which brought us joy and provided us opportunities for very special experiences. This was one of the recipes showcased in the magazine titled “MIA en el especial del Día de la Madre”. And thanks to this experience, we were able to meet the talented photographer from Puerto de Santa María (Cadiz), Francisco Rosso, who kindly gave us an unforgettable photo session, asA well as many amazing photos. :-) We’d also like to share the photos he shot of this delicious recipe, Hake and Shrimp Flan. This is a very simple recipe, very festive and also inexpensive to prepare. You can use frozen Hake Loin (Lomo de Merluza) and Large Red Shrimp (Gambones), or frozen shrimp to make it even more economical. You can also substitute with any meaty white fish, like haddock, cod or monkfish.
by Pilar Ruiz Text/US measures collaborated w/ Glenn Ferguson You can find more of her recipes at comomegustacocinar.blogspot.com
This savory “flan” is like a paté. When served at the table with some crispy toast squares, your guests will love it. The flan is rich and flavorful, and ideal to share as an appetizer for your special lunch or dinner with family or friends. :-) Here is our dish, beautifully illustrated by Francisco Rosso’s amazing photos. We really hope you enjoy it as much as we do !
INGREDIENTS: * 8-9 ozs. (250 grs.) Hake * 6 XL Red Shrimp (gambones) or XL Shrimp, peeled * 8-9 ozs. (250 grs.) Fresh, Crushed Tomatoes, peeled * ½ White Onion, diced * 1 Clove Garlic, diced * 2 Eggs * 2 Slices White Sandwich Bread, crust removed * ½ Tbls. Butter * 2 Tbls. Bread Crumbs * Extra Virgin Olive Oil * Liquid Cooking Cream * Parsley * Salt * Black Pepper PREPARATION: * Preheat oven to 355º F (180º C). * Dice the onion and the garlic and begin to sauté in a frying pan with a bit of olive oil. * Add the crushed tomatoes, season with salt and pepper and continue to sauté for 30 minutes. * Add water to a stove top pot, heat and bring the fish and the shrimp to a boil. Cook for 5 minutes, strain and set aside. * To a hand blender container, add the fish, peeled shrimp, eggs, ¾ of the tomato sauce obtained by frying the onion, garlic and crushed tomatoes, and the two bread slices separated into small pieces. * Blend well and correct for seasoning as needed. * Blend again while adding a good splash of liquid cooking cream. Pour the mixture into small individual flan molds, previously coated with butter then sprinkled with bread crumbs to coat the mold. Shake the inverted mold to remove the excess bread crumbs. * Place the molds in a shallow oven proof dish with water, and bake in the oven in the water bath (al baño maría) for 40 minutes. Watch during cooking to ensure all the water doesn’t evaporate, if so, add more hot water during cooking. * Prepare a bed of finely sliced lettuce on single serving plates, invert the flan mold onto the lettuce bed and serve with the rest of the tomato sauce, or with mayonnaise, or just with the crispy toast squares, as you most like.
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Dresden, Germany By Brigitte K. Hutchison
Brigitte and her mom - Dresden June 1994
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y mother is always full of surprises. One spring when I visited her in Hannover, Germany, she presented me with two train tickets and hotel reservations for five days in a 220-year-old farmhouse in the Saxony countryside just outside Dresden (population approximately 500,000), my place of birth some 50 years ago. I agreed to accompany her with some reluctance as the night of Feb. 13, 1945 was still strong in my memory, when the Allied Forces’ bombs rained down on the city, killing and maiming many friends and acquaintances. Priceless treasures and
buildings went up in flames. The scar is not easily erased, even after all this time. The first raid was quickly followed by a second and a third, the city was destroyed, so was our house, but the family escaped. I was 9 years old. The happy memories of my early childhood were awakened by the many stories my mother told me on the six-hour train journey from Hannover to Dresden. We were traveling through old East Germany, now no more. The countryside was beautiful but the villages, towns, and stations still showed signs of years of neglect. Very little advertising, old houses not touched by paint and in disrepair, empty factory buildings with broken windows, and we saw little life in the streets as we flashed by. Dresden has a worldwide reputation and anyone interested in art has read or heard about the fabulous city, split in half by the River Elbe. As we arrived at Dresden station, we could see several famous buildings (rebuilt after the war) silhouetted in the soft evening light, a sight not easily forgotten. We took a taxi to our bed-and-breakfast (buffet style) farmhouse, an old timbered structure, but comfortable and clean with modern plumbing. The proprietors were a Saxony family, reserved but cozy (gemuetlich). We were offered a light snack and soon felt at home. We did most of our sightseeing by streetcar as we decided that it was the best way to see the city. To start, we booked a three-hour tour to include a visit to Castle Pillnitz (Schloss) and the park near the River Elbe on the outskirts of Dresden. The guide, an educated lady, spoke several languages including English. We were only nine-passengers
due to the bad weather and no English-speaking tourists, so she decided to speak German. Dresden was founded in 1206 and has a colorful past that has seen a lot of changes. Over centuries influential merchants, artists, painters, poets, and architects were attracted and enchanted by the beautiful surroundings. It was during the first half of the 18th century that Dresden was the capital city of a major European power, ‘The House of Wettin.” The “Saxon Kurfuerst August the Strong” also assumed the title “King of Poland” at an enormous expense. However, it must be mentioned that he shared his immense treasures with his people, but, never the less, they (like us today) had to pay high taxes and give extra hours of free labor to support his many extravagances. We started at Neumarkt, one of the most beautiful squares in Germany. The 95-meter high dome of the burnt-out “Frauenkirche” is the central landmark of the city, and completely dominates the square. I was impressed by the Dresdeners who, after the war, collected and numbered the remaining stone bricks one by one, and stored them on the banks of the River Elbe, ready for construction in the future. We were told that the week after we left, the inauguration ceremony would take place to start rebuilding this symbol of Dresden. George Baehr, the city’s master builder, was commissioned to design and build a Protestant Church in 1722. He achieved an architectural and technically unsurpassed design, even to this day. It was the first stone dome erected in Europe. On the other side of the square the beautiful façade, in Baroque style, we see the
Johanneum, built as the ro square, housed in the Z Crown and Wallpavillion, Poppelman and refurbishe are famous paintings of Ca of world-renowned artists. Baroque style and built a was originally planned as a hall and must have seen m and displays of keen horse Kurfuerst August der Stark The other side of by The Semperoper, built i per, but was unfortunately plans were found to enab exact replica of the origina and conductors are attract house. My mother, as if by tickets for a concert by Sa Dresden. This was one o trip. In addition to the Porcelain collection, the
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Panorama of reconstructed sections of the Dresdner Neumarkt - "Dresden-Neumarkt-pano" Kolossos - Wikimedia house the Mathematics and Physics Parlor. The old Cloisters Gallery is unique for the quality of the paintings displayed. It contains priceless treasures of the Italians Renaissance period and Dutch Baroque painters. In a special air-conditioned room, the breath-taking painting by Rafael, ‘The Sistine Madonna,” is on permanent display. The Albertinum Arsenal for weapons has been redesigned and constructed in 1964 to display guns and armaments from early times to present day. Also under the same roof, the marvelous collection of sculptures and coins accumulated over the centuries are exhibited in the Neue Meister Gallery, and finally the Saxon Treasure in Gruene Gewoelbe. We couldn’t take it all in on one visit and planned to return another day. The Catholic Cathedral Hofkirche is the best-preserved church in the city. The plans which were kept secret from the Protestant population for many years are now displayed on the walls of the church, for all to see and study. They were drawn by the Roman master builder Gaetano Chiaveri in 1737. (My mother in 1922, then 10 years old, celebrated her communion in this church). Our guide suggested a stroll along the “Bruehlsche Terrace” known as the Balcony of Europe. The rain had stopped by then! In addition to the delightful countryside with the River Elbe winding gently into the distance, one can see the jetties of the old paddle-wheel steam boats and the elegant Art Academy building adjoing the Hotel Dresden, also rebuilt in Baroque style. We didn’t have time this trip, but a visit to the world famous Meissen Porcelain Factory about 30 kilometers from Dresden is strongly recommended. Founded by August the Strong in 1810 and designed by Johan Friedrich Boetter, an alchemist, who promised the king to fabricate gold! After countless tries, he finally produced, not gold, but the famous Meissen porcelain, which is still in use today. We moved on to Augustustrasse where a 102
meter mural depicting the “Parade of the Princess, called “Der Fuerstenzug” is situated. Executed by Saxon painter Wilhelm Walter between 1872-76, portrays all the princes and kings of the Wettin Dynasty. Because of the damage by weather and time, the mammoth work was reproduced on 25,000 porcelain tiles by the Meissen Factory, which you see today. The gold-plated statue of August the Strong, located in the “Neustaedter Markt” has become Dresden’s symbol. We continued our tour, leaving Dresden on the way to Blasewitz. The rain had returned, but we were in high spirits! We passed “Taschenberg Palais”, an architectural jewel, built by Poeppelmaun in Renaissance style. August the Strong reserved this exquisite palace for his mistress countess Cosel, a favorite among his many ladies! (The palace will be restored by “Kempinsky-Berlin” a hotel chain, in the same style, but as a 5 star hotel). We moved from the bus to board a cable car “Schwebebahn” in the village of Blasewitz, to be transported up the “Weisser Hirsch”. The view is breathtaking, below the ridge “Blaues Wunder”, so called because of the bluish paint, we looked down on the slow moving river traffic. (My mother remembered making a sleigh ride from top to bottom, with friends coming home from a New Years Eve party, before the outbreak of war. Oh happy days)! Arriving at Castle Pillnitz with its wonderful gardens, we admired the 200 year old Gardenia, a shrub with thousands of red blossoms. It had been given as a present by a Japanese delegation and was still going strong! The rain was with us again! More days of sightseeing; we visited Castle Moritzburg, the hunting grounds of August the Strong and his men. Surrounded by countless lakes, it presented superb facilities for pheasant and duck shoots when in season. My mother and I looked at old and new houses, it all looked so different. Many memories reawakened, many stories told, a few old contacts
renewed! We looked at famous monuments and admired the painstaking work of reconstructing the New Dresden; the new image. Our last days was planned, come rain or shine (it did both) for an hour train ride following the River Elbe to the Fortress Koenigstein, more sightseeing and the return trip by paddle steamer. The train took us into the “Switzerland of Saxony”. The dramatic sandstone cliffs are picturesque. The area is a paradise for mountain climbers of all levels. From the top we had a magnificent view to the south and the mountains of “Erzgebirge” and Czechoslovakia. Luckily there was an escalator to take to the top where a miniature railway transported visitors up and down to the lovely village of Königstein. We lunched in an old “Gasthof”. Plain food, very adequate and pleased to say, not as expensive as in the popular tourist parts! The paddle steamer was waiting for our fellow sailors, a mixture of tourists, older local people, children and of course, us. Chug, chug, we were on our way, gently gliding down the Elbe and back to Dresden. The clock was turned back 50 years or maybe more. Taking in the marvelous panorama left and right, we slowly passed the famous Bastei rocks. Time had stood still; the countryside and villages were as if painted by David Caspar Friedrich. Many ducks, the occasional canoe or rowing boat, on the banks, chickens, geese, dogs with their owners and many children waiving as we slowly passed by. It was a lovely experience. We tried and approved of the famous Saxony coffee and cake (not good for my waist line, but no problem for my mother). A memorable day and sometime in the future I will return. A few words about the Saxons: Despite their funny accent they look ahead. They are hard working, punctual and artistically minded people. They have the knack of being funny, something not always found in Germans and above all…they can laugh at them selves. I should know, I am one of them!
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