Spanish Cooking for Beginners: Simple and Delicious Recipes for All Occasions

by Gabriela Llamas

Overview

Learn to cook authentic Spanish food without all the fuss

Do you wish you could cook real, traditional Spanish meals but don’t have time for cooking classes or the lengthy and complicated recipes from other Spanish cookbooks? Spanish Cooking for Beginners, adapted from the best-selling Let’s Cook Spanish!, is the perfect book for any busy home cook who wants to explore the flavors, language, and culture of Spain.

This simple-to-follow cookbook covers everything from churros to paella and optimizes them for your whole family to cook and enjoy together. With an emphasis on fresh ingredients and hands-on preparation, notable Spanish chef Gabriela Llamas presents recipes for tapas (small bites) and pinchos (skewered bites), meat and fish, vegetables and salads, as well as sweets—plus menu ideas to mix and match. 

Spanish Cooking for Beginners includes:
 

• 30 of the most classic, traditional Spanish dishes—Impress your family and friends with delicious Vegetable Cocas (Spanish pizza), Chicken in Pepitoria (a traditional dish dating back to the Middle Ages), Cold Vegetable Soup (one of Spain’s most universal dishes), Torrijas (Spanish French toast), and more.
• Simple ingredients, easy-to-follow recipes—Easy-to-find ingredients and clear steps make cooking real Spanish food accessible to even the most inexperienced in the kitchen.
• Notes on Spanish culture—Discover the Spanish culinary traditions behind each flavorful dish, with notes on how and where the foods are served and enjoyed in Spain.

With this accessible cookbook and cultural guide, you will become an expert at cooking the food of Spain!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760379585
Publisher:	New Shoe Press
Publication date:	04/19/2022
Series:	New Shoe Press Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Gabriela Llamas is a chef and teacher of Spanish cooking. She has organized trips for the Culinary Institute of America and Spanish Ministry of Commerce, among others, and written about Spanish cuisine for Vogue Spain, Vogue Australia, Food & Wine, and Cuisine Magazine (New Zealand). She has taught many classes with children (“Mothers and children cook together” at Alambique Cooking School), including family groups from America, Australia, UK, France, and New Zealand. She lives in Madrid.

Table of Contents

Introduction 12

Tapas and Pinchos 15

Bread with Olive Oil, Tomato, and Iberian Ham 16

Basic Potato Omelet 18

Mushrooms with Garlic Parsley Sauce in the Style of La Rioja 20

Pickled Tuna Fish 22

Stuffed Eggs 24

Monkfish and Shrimp Salad 28

Grilled Green Asparagus with Orange Mayonnaise 30

Salad My Way 32

Roasted Vegetables on Toast 34

Barbecued Shrimp in Garlic Sauce 36

Vegetable Cocas 38

Meat and Fish 43

Valencian Paella 44

Shrimp Fideuá or Pasta Paella 46

Homemade Meatballs 48

Stewed Round of Veal 50

Iberian Pork Fillet 52

Chicken with Olives and Capers 56

Chicken in Pepitoria 58

Hake in a Green Sauce 60

Vegetables and Salads 65

Stewed Lentils 66

Potatoes Rioja Style 68

Vegetable Stew 70

Country Potato Salad 72

Cold Vegetable Soup 74

Vegetable Medley 76

Cheese-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers 78

May Your Life Be Sweet 83

Santiago Almond Cake 84

Chocolate and Churros (Fritters) 86

Baked Apples with Custard 88

Meringue Milk Ice Cream 92

Orange Confit 94

Torrijas 96

Menus 100

Acknowledgments 124

About the Author 125

Index 126