Squid Meatballs

Hi everyone! Yesterday I cooked this delicious and healthy dish for dinner.  This is a traditional recipe from Cadiz, in the South of Spain. My granny used to cook this during Lent. Squid or cuttlefish can be used to prepare this recipe. This can be frozen once cooked and it will keep all its flavour and properties. It takes a little time to prepare it, but it is very easy and the result...

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Stewed Cuttlefish in Hot Tomato Sauce

Hi everyone! Today I cooked this delicious dish for dinner. Cuttlefish is highly consumed in Spain. There are different ways of cooking cuttlefish. The secret to get a soft result and keep the natural flavour of cuttlefish is that it has to be cooked  for just a few seconds over a high heat, or for a long time over a low heat. I usually serve this dish with rice, however steamed potatoes...

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Cod Loin in Vegetables Sauce

Hi everyone! Today I'm going to show you how to cook this delicious and healthy dish. Cod has a white, mild flavoured flesh and it is highly consumed in Spain, mainly in the North. A colleague from the Basque Country gave me this recipe years ago.I always use dried salted cod loins whenever I cook this dish in Spain. It's quite difficult to find salted cod where I'm living now, so I've used fresh...

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Fried Sprats

Hello again! Today I cooked these fried sprat fish for dinner. These fish are very small, so the best way to cook them is whole. Small fried fish is highly consumed in southern Spain. Sprats contain high levels of omega 3 fatty acids. These are very beneficial to our health because they help to lower cholesterol levels. Sprats have a smooth flavour. They are very similar to baby sardines or anchovies,...

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Galician Style Octopus

Hi again! We've been spending our holiday in Spain. Actually I cooked this delicious dish at my brother's kitchen. This is the way octopus is cooked  in the North West of Spain. The secret to get a soft result and keep the natural flavour of octopus is that it has to be cooked  for just a few time over a high heat, which is the case of grilled octopus,  or for a long time over a...

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