Friday, January 31, 2014

4 Ingredients: 1 Incredibly Delicious Tapa!

Here is a delicious tapa you can make with a few ingredients. It is called, "pimiento piquillo relleno de txaka," or piquillo peppers stuffed with crab mixture. For this recipe, you would need to plan ahead since these peppers are not readily available in your grocer.


Piquillo peppers waiting to be stuffed!

 

Finished product - you and your guests will love them!


You will need:

1 jar/can of piquillo peppers. A specialty grocer either Latin or Spanish might carry them. And of course, you can order them online (amazon, etc).

1 package of imitation crab meat

4 hard boiled eggs

Mayonnaise

Finely chop the crab meat into tiny diced pieces. Do the same with the eggs. Combine these in a large mixing bowl and slowly add mayonnaise. Keep adding mayonnaise until the ingredients start to stick together. The texture should be like a thick paste. Then take a piquillo pepper and stuff the mixture in with a spoon until filled. Repeat will all the peppers.

That's it. It is ready to eat or you can refrigerate if serving later. Accompany with some slices of french baguette (us Spanish eat everything with bread...lol) and a glass of wine.

Makes a great appetizer! Enjoy

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Sweet Somethings...

Who doesn't love chocolate? Now that a sweet holiday is approaching we thought we'd post a sweet recipe. Of course, chocolate is to be enjoyed any time and any place as far as we're concerned. So this is a pretty easy chocolate cake featuring our European Cocoa powder. Enjoy!



Recipe: Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
2 cups white sugar
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened European Cocoa Powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease bundt pan. In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer. Stir in the boiling water last. Batter will be thin. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
Bake 40 minutes minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake tests done with a toothpick. Cool and remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar or frost it! Adapted from All Recipes.com