August 7, 2014
How to Make Fish and Seafood Noodles Paella (Fideua) Text & photo by Pilar Ruiz / You can find more of her recipes at ycomomegustacocinar.blogspot.com INGREDIENTS: For the Stir-fry: • 1 onion • ½ red pepper • 1 green pepper • 2 o 3 cloves of garlic • Olive oil For the fish broth – 1 litre ½ : • the skins of the king prawns • 1 small rock fish • ½ onion • 1 green pepper • Parsley • 1 tomato For the stew: • 1 package of nº 2 noodles • 1 full spoon of sweet paprika • Some strands of saffron • ¼ kilo of baby squids • ½ kilo of king prawns • 3 o 4 full spoons of homemade tomato sauce • 500 ml (2 glasses) water • 125 ml (½ glass) White wine • Olive oil. • Salt and Black pepper.
HOW TO PREPARE:
For the chopped herbs (picada) • 2 cloves of garlic • Chopped parsley • Salt • Some Black pepper grains
• To start with, we are going to prepare the fish stock and in a cooking pan we are going to boil the rock fish, the skin and the heads of the king prawns, (we are going to keep some to decorate at the very end), the opnion and the green pepper in pieces, the Paisley and the tomato. Wel et it boil for half an hour. We strain the broth and we keep it for later. • Then we are going to prepare the Stir-fry, and in the paella pan we add some olive oil and we are going to fry lightly the king prawns we have kept to decorate our paella. We take them away and we keep them for decorating. • We add the chopped (brunoise style) onion and fry it , and then the cloves of garlic. Now we add the chopped brunoise style green and red pepper too. We fry it for 10 minutes and we add the sweet paprika and the saffron Straits. We stir it a bit. • Then, it is the moment to add the baby squids to the stir-fry, we stir it and add the White wine.We cook for a while so that the alcohol evaporates and the squids get softer and then we add 2 glasses of fish broth.We keep on cooking for about 15 minutes more. * Afert this time we add the noodles, that we have previously slightly fried in a pan, we stir it and then add the liter of broth. We let it Cook for 5 minutes with a Sorong fire and then we put into the oven for ten more minutes. Then we take it our of the oven and let it stay (we cover with silver paper for a while until we take it to the table). • And for the chopped herbs, we are going to use a cooking mortar. We press all the ingredients in the mortar and when the fideua is ready we are going to spread it on the stew and we stir it a bit, so that it gets the right flavour. And ready to serve at the table and enjoy!
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lthough I grew up on the Texas-Mexico border, in a household where both Spanish and English were spoken, when I first arrived in Spain there were things that I just did not understand. This article is an attempt to describe some of those things in order to assist those of our readers who are new to Spain. My perception and understanding of these things may not be applicable to Spain or Spaniards as a whole, but they are things that I have often observed and wondered about. I have talked to my Spanish wife about all of them and she says that I am “not entirely incorrect” in my perception and understanding. Last Names: Spanish persons normally utilize two last names. The first is their father´s last name and the second is their mother´s last name. So, Jose Martinez might call himself Jose Martinez Fernandez. It is understood, though, that Martinez is his surname since it was his father´s last name. A Spanish married couple will not share the same last name, since the wife does not assume the husband´s last name as is often done in the U.S. Their children will have a combination of their parents´ last names. For example, if Jose Martinez Fernandez is married to Pilar Romero Garcia, then their child´s last name would be Martinez Romero. Numbers: One Thousand, Forty Dollars and Thirty-two cents is not written as we would write it, i.e. $1,040.32 Rather, in Spanish it is written as $1.040,32 Notice that the use of the period and the comma, between the thousand and the cents, is reversed. When speaking of what we would call a “billion,” (1,000, 000,000) the Spaniards refer to that number as ¨mil millones” (one thousand, million). A “billon” for them is “un millon de millones” (a million million) which for us would be a “trillion.” Luckily, I´ve never had the necessity to make reference to a billion or “billon” of anything.
Signatures: Oftentimes, when a Spanish person signs their name, they do not use their names as it is written out in cursive. Rather, they often use what they call “rubricas” which are a unique mixture of letters and marks that, theoretically, only the writer knows how to reproduce. Levante and Poniente Winds: There are two prevailing winds in this part of Spain. There are the winds that come from the East and that are normally hot and dry. These are called “Levante” by the Spaniards. Then, there are the winds that come from the West, off of the Atlantic, and they are normally cool and filled with moisture. The word “Levante,” in Spanish, means to “rise” and refers to the direction from which the Sun rises, i.e. the East. The word “Poniente” means to “set” and refers to the direction in which the Sun sets, i.e. the West. Waiting in Line: In small stores, where there are may be one cashier or one attendant, the Spanish do not usually form orderly lines. Rather, they have a very interesting system of order that at first glance may be considered chaotic. Upon entering the store they will ask out loud who the last person or “el ultimo” is. In that manner, all a person has to do is to watch for the person that identified themselves as “el ultimo” to advance in the order and eventually it will become his or her turn. The system works surprisingly well. Salmorejo vs. Gazpacho: Salmorejo and Gazpacho are both delicious tomato-based soups that look somewhat alike but have different consistencies and tastes. Gazpacho has a lighter consistency and contains several main ingredients such as tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, garlic, olive oil, and green pepper. Salmorejo is slightly thicker and its main ingredients are tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, and bread. Christmas: Generally speaking, the Christmas season in the U.S.
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August 7, 2014
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“Arranque Roteño” Flamenco Festival 22:00, Saturday, 9 August Place: Pabellón Municipal Recinto Ferial Performance: Capullo de Jerez, David Palomar, José de los Camarones, Rafael Rebollo “El Taita”. Laura Pirri and his Grup. Jeús Castilla Price: 15 € no set seat – 20 € with numbered seating Sales points:Viajes Difrán, Bar Esquina San Roque, Bar Parada,Tertulia Flamenca “ElViejo Agujeta”, Pabellón Municipal el día del Festival. Flamenco Show And Dinner every Friday from 19:30 to 21:30 in Bar La Feria. 42, Mina Street. Price: 30 € per person. Reservation Tel. 699 508537 / 644 026525.
Classical Music at the Hotel Monasterio de San Miguel 21:30, Saturday, 9 August Auditorio Municipal San Miguel - C/ Larga 27 Classic Music with the Philarmonic Orchestra of Cologne. Tickets at the Hotel Monasterio de San Miguel from 09:00 to 14:00 Flamenco at el Patio de las 7 Esquinas Every Thursday at 21:30 Month of August. Jesús Nazareno,6. 956 902 785 An exhibit of “papirosaicos” by Keka Raffo was inaugurated last night in the Hotel Monasterio San Miguel, Calle Larga 27. What exactly is a “papirosaico”? It is a technique developed by Keka, using scraps of paper to make