10 recipes found
Galician Tuna Pie (Empanada Gallega de Atún)
A big, golden pie on a real yeasted dough, packed with a tomato-and-pepper sofrito, tuna, and hard-boiled egg. Empanada gallega, sliced into squares, made the traditional way.
Paella Valenciana
Chicken, rabbit, and saffron rice cooked wide and shallow, with a crisp caramelized crust on the bottom. The most misunderstood technique in Spanish cooking, done the way Valencia actually does it.
Braised Short Ribs (Costillas de Ternera Estofadas)
Bone-in beef short ribs seared hard, braised low and slow in red wine and stock until the meat falls away from the bone. The dish that teaches the full braising method — and why time is the main ingredient.
French Onion Soup (Sopa de Cebolla Francesa)
Onions cooked low and slow until deeply caramelized, simmered in beef broth, ladled into crocks, topped with baguette and Gruyère, then broiled until molten. The soup that teaches patience.
Roast Chicken (Pollo Asado)
A whole chicken roasted until the skin shatters and the meat stays juicy — the technique that fixes every other chicken dish you'll ever make.
Spanish Ratatouille (Pisto)
Spain's slow-cooked vegetable stew — each vegetable given its own time in the pan before they come together in a deeply reduced tomato base. Rich, versatile, and better the next day.
Tortilla Española Moderna (Modern Spanish Omelette)
All the golden, egg-rich depth of a proper Spanish tortilla — silky potatoes, that satisfying flip — with the microwave doing the heavy lifting. Same soul, half the work.
Beef Stew (Estofado de Ternera)
A Spanish-style beef stew built in layers — seared chuck, paprika-wine base, root vegetables — braised low and slow until the sauce holds a spoon.
Braised Beef Shanks (Jarrete de Ternera Estofado)
Cross-cut beef shanks slow-braised in wine, paprika, and aromatics until the collagen melts into a rich, glossy sauce.
Flan (Caramel Custard)
Caramel on the bottom, silky custard on top, then you flip it. A water-bath bake that turns three humble ingredients into one of the oldest, most forgiving desserts in the Old World kitchen.
