Christmas - Sea Bream (Dorado) with Saffron and Sherry
Dorado, from the Cantabrian and Galician coasts, is a quite expensive (especially at Christmas time). The fish is grilled and served on a bed of thinly sliced potatoes and onion rings, garnished with parsley, garlic and saffron. It is served with a sauce made from a mixture of Sherry and peppers. In the Basque country, a few cloves of garlic, thinly sliced and sautéed in oil, are also added.
Serves 4
One dorado, about 1.5 kg (3 £ 5 ounces)
500 g (18 oz) potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
200 g (7 oz) onions, sliced into thin rings
Juice of two lemons
Zest of two lemons
150 ml (10 tbsp) extra virgin olive oil
1 / 2 teaspoon salt
3 cloves of garlic
4 saffron threads
A big bunch of parsley
2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
2 red chilies, julienned
Preheat oven to 180 ° C (350 ° F). After cleaning the fish, sprinkleWith lemon juice, inside and out.
In a mortar, grind together the salt, garlic, saffron and parsley.
Add 4 tablespoons of olive oil and 3 tablespoons water. Mix well and set aside.
It is well-cooked the oil pan where the fish and serve. Arrange the sliced potatoes and onions in the ground and pour the mixture from the mortar on top.
Cover and cook about 20 minutes.
Place the dorado the drizzle on top of potatoes with 2 or 3EL. of oil and 200 ° C (400 ° F) oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Baste occasionally.
Whisk together the sherry vinegar with some ground pepper and a few spoonfuls of the cooking liquid of the fish.
Remove from oven, dorado, and garnish with a sprig of parsley.
Sprinkle with the vinegar mixture and a fine julienne of lemon peel and red pepper.
Serve hot.
Christmas - red cabbage with wine in Ribera del Duero
ATraditional Catalan Christmas Market Court
Red cabbage, 1 kg (2.2 lb)
250 ml (1 / 2 pt) young Ribera del Duero red wine
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
75 g (3 oz) raisins
75 g (3 oz) pine nuts
Salt and pepper
Soak the raisins in the wine.
Cut the cabbage, cut into thin strips and wash.
Heat the oil in a deep skillet or Dutch oven heat and pine nuts for a few seconds.
Add the cabbage and fry for 30 seconds.
PourRed wine and raisins in cabbage.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cover the saucepan and set over low heat, cook for 1 hour.
Merry Christmas and Happy Cooking!
Traditional Spanish Christmas Recipes
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