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Posted on 10th February 201917th February 2019

This week in food (4-10 February 2019)

Shepherd's pie

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 ?

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Posted on 26th December 201826th December 2018

Malfatti (or Gnudi)

Malfatti (or Gnudi)
Malfatti (or Gnudi)

I was browsing a newspaper website for inspiration for our Friday night dinner and came across a dish called malfatti. It literally means “badly made”, as they don’t look pretty.

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Posted on 28th July 201825th May 2020

How to make horchata (Valencian style, with tiger nuts)

Homebrewed horchata / horchata casera

I bought half a kilo of tiger nuts a couple weeks ago, to make my own horchata. This is my first attempt, loosely following the recipe from El Invitado de Invierno, one of my favourite blogs. Continue reading “How to make horchata (Valencian style, with tiger nuts)”

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Tapas / Starters
  • Hígado con picada (livers with garlic sauce)
  • Patatas asadas con pimentón (roasted potatoes with paprika)
Mains
  • Paella (traditional from Valencia)
  • Borreta (rice based mountain winter stew)
  • Pimientos rellenos / Bajoques farcides (peppers stuffed with rice)
  • Lentejas (lentil stew)
  • Coca de Fira (calorific thick flatbread)
  • Arroz con acelgas (Rice with Swiss Chard): a soupy rice
  • Arròs de mescleta (mixed rice): rice with lots of beans
  • Arroz al horno con pasas y garbanzos / arròs al forn amb panses i cigrons (oven baked raisin and chickpea rice)
  • Roasted artichokes
  • Tortilla de garbanzos (chickpeas omelette)
  • Plato de verano (summer's dish)
  • Bollit / hervido (boiled vegetables)
  • Carrot and potato soup
Desserts & sweets
  • Pa de Sant Antoni - sweet buns and sourdough savoury version
  • Bollos de Sant Blai (Saint Blaise's buns) - sweet flat buns
  • Coca de llanda - sweet, sweet sponge
  • Mona de Pascua - Easter bun
  • Horchata de chufas / horchata valenciana (tiger nut based, very refreshing drink)
  • Horchata de pipas de melón (melon seeds horchata)
  • Sant Dionís sweets for 9 d'Octubre (la Mocaorà) - fruit shaped marzipan
  • Macedonia de otoño (Autumn fruit salad)
  • Fogassa d'Ontinyent - enriched sweet bun with nuts and raisins
  • Carquinyols / casquinyols (Valencian style biscotti)

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