This has been another horribly hectic week, so you’ll have to make do with another ‘this week in’ post for now 💁🏻♀️
As usual, if you want any recipes, do let me know!
This week in food (4-10 February 2019)
Devvers had this great idea that I should also post shorter posts with the great food we eat – we don’t always need to provide the recipe (but do tell us if you see one that you want!).
Let’s look at this week’s food highlights 😃
Continue reading “This week in food (4-10 February 2019)”Bollos de Sant Blai (Saint Blaise’s buns)
These sweet crumbly buns are typically made in Benidorm (Alicante) around the 3rd of February, which is Sant Blai’s patron day (Saint Blaise).
I had an older recipe which didn’t work out well. This time I more or less followed another blogger’s recipe (in Spanish). Thanks, Carmen! 🙌🏼
A word of caution: these buns are pretty calorific, which might explain why they’re only made once a year. But on the other hand, they are gluten free, so if you want to make a sweet treat for someone who can’t eat wheat, this could be it.
Foraging, I: the Christmas tree branch
I was walking on the street on the 21st of December (and yes, I do write way after the fact), reflecting on the fact that the idea of winter solstice was fabulous: after that night, the days would be getting longer, the nights shorter, and eventually the weather would get warmer… and then my eyes noticed a branch on the floor.
I was standing outside a garden/flower shop, so I figured it must have been trimmed off a Christmas tree. And then I remembered what my grandfather used to say:
Continue reading “Foraging, I: the Christmas tree branch”Lo que a mi casa viene, es porque me conviene.
(“Whatever comes to my house does so because it’s convenient for me”)
Malted loaf
This is such a nice bread! (specially after the last two “failures”). It’s like the ideal granary loaf, only without the “industrial nasties” (have you looked at the list of ingredients in a supermarket loaf?)… and also without any decoration, because I forgot to flour it 😂
We’re enjoying it toasted and buttered (and with a cup of freshly ground and brewed coffee… yum!)
Continue reading “Malted loaf”