“What better pleasure is there in this world than to cook for others and then eat with them? Food, like life, is best shared with friends and loved ones”
Check out the latest recipes below
Pumpkin and baby cuttlefish paella
I dare you all to make a decorated paella as terrifyingly ugly as mind! I hope you can make a better job than I did!
The ultimate vegetable stock | Caldo oscuro de verduras
Let me introduce you to the vegetable stock that is going to transform the taste of any vegan or vegetarian dish.
Salad of avocado, little gem lettuce, butternut squash and walnuts
Once a week I always have a big plate of salad as a main and nothing else
The classic Russian potato salad | Ensaladilla rusa
This summery dish is the Russian version of the classic potato salad.
Bacalao con Jamón - Panfried cod with ham | Barón de Ley | The Spanish Chef
Looking for a dinner to impress without having to spend hours in the kitchen? This panfried cod with jamón, peas and artichokes is just that!
SPANISH EGGS BENEDICT WITH SPINACH AND CHORIZO HOLLANDAISE
I thought to myself “I have just brought eggs benedict to a whole another lever”. I was full of pride.
Baked eggs with chorizo in tomato sauce | Huevos a la flamenca
This traditional Andalusian dish can be prepared in a snip and is ideal for chucking in whatever ingredients you happen to have in the fridge
THE BEST BASQUE CHEESECAKE | MI TARTA DE QUESO VASCA
Recently, my wife’s friend Sari, brought home for her birthday the best Basque baked cheesecake I have ever tried. It was so good it inspired me, I thought I needed to make one as good or better and discovered on social media that there is a real competition on making the best cheesecake in Spain
EL FLAN DE MI MADRE | THE BEST CRÈME CARAMEL
I have easily tasted around 100 different crème caramels in my life but I have never tasted one as good as the one my mum makes, which originally is a recipe from my great-grandfather who was the Master baker in Burgos most renowned bakery. The earliest memory of my life was my mum cooking this very dessert and as it couldn’t be another way it then became the first ever dish I cooked myself as a 5 years old kid. As you have probably worked out by now, this “flan” is very close to my heart and I hope everyone of you who bakes it finds it as delicious and delicate as I do.
salmorejo | cold tomato “soup”
Salmorejo is traditional from Cordoba, and it is not a soup as many believe, it’s a dip. You will not believe how this humble, common ingredients, can go that far!
My quick and easy Spanish omelette | Tortilla de patatas (asadas)
This is my revolutionary recipe for cooking the ever so popular Spanish omelette quicker, easier, without so much oil and just as tasty!
Spanish Omelette | Tortilla de Patatas
As you may well guess, I have cooked thousands of tortillas in my life. There are about 25 different ways to cook tortilla and I have cooked them all: onion first, onion after, caramelized or not, no onion, potato slow-cooked or fried... the mind boggles. But after all my research, I believe this is the best recipe.