"LATERAL STYLE" SALAD

On Christmas two friends of us came to Madrid and we met them to have lunch in the city centre. There is a restaurant that we like where food is served as "tapas" or "pinchos" and we ordered a salad to share. We liked it so much so I decided to try and prepare my own version of it at home. Here's the result!

INGREDIENTS  (for two salads)

- A bag of washed prepared "gourmet salad" (escarole, lamb´s lettuce and chicory)
- Two slices of goat cheese
- Two tomatoes 
- Varied dry fruits (pumpkin and sunflower seeds, laminated almonds, walnuts)
- Pesto Rosso

STEPS

Prepare in both plates a "bed" of gourmet salad

Sprinkle the varied dry fuits

Cut the tomato into fine slices

and place them over the gourmet salad

Heat a pan with no oil

Toast the goat cheese

in both sides

Place a slice of goat cheese over the slices of tomato

Season with Pesto Rosso

Add a pinch of salt over the whole salad and serve it

Yummy!! Enjoy it!

ALMOST HOME MADE PIZZAS

Why do I say "Almost"? Because I do not prepare the dough! Doughs are still embarrassing for me, I am not patient enough, and I don´t like when I see that all the countertop is so dirty and full of flour (I can tell this because I HAVE tried some times to make recipes that involve preparing home made dough)
Luckily we have found this prepared dough:

For our taste it is the best commercial dough, it is very thin and this one in particular has got a rectangular shape which makes it easier to divide it into portions. 

When you open the package you can see that the dough is rolled with a thin white paper. That is baking paper, so you don't need to remove it, as the dough is going to be cooked over it.

As we love really thin dough, I use a kitchen roll to make it as slim as possible.

Then I prepare a tomato mixture (fried tomato sauce, ketchup and some Perrins sauce) which I extend over the dough .

Our suggested pizzas:

Special four Cheese with dry tomatos 

(Grated mozzarella, Parmesan chips, grated emmental cheese, mozzarella ball cut into slices, onion, dry tomatos, special tomato sauce)

Special Ham and Cheese

(Mix of 4 grated cheeses, extra grated emmental, diced ham, onion, black olives , special tomato sauce)

Cheese and onion

(Grated mozzarella, emmental and San Simon da Costa cheese, onion, special tomato sauce)

"Serrana"

(Special Tomato sauce, grated mozarella, grated emmental, fresh diced tomato, Spanish ham, a pinch of Salt and Olive Oil)

TUNA, ONION AND BLACK OLIVES

(Special Tomato sauce, grated mozzarella and emmental cheese, tuna, black olives, onion, extra mozarella, oregano)

FOUR CHEESE

(Special tomato sauce, grated mozarella and emmental cheese, Grana Padano Cheese, blue Cheese and onion)

GOURMET SALAD (Gorgonzola Cheese and Pear)

This salad is suitable for gourmet palates, it is awesome! It has a very special flavour, you must try it and judge for yourself

INGREDIENTS 

- A small bag (125gr) of prepared lamb's lettuce (washed and ready to use)

- Two pears 

- 70 gr crashed walnuts

- 75 gr Parmesan Cheese chips

- 150 gr Gorgonzola Cheese 

- Balsamic vinegar cream to season

STEPS

Put the lamb's lettuce in a big salad bowl

Peel the pears

And cut them into slices. Add them over the lamb's lettuce

Add the crashed walnuts. They will provide the salad a great crunchy touch

It´s time to spread the Parmesan cheese chips

And the Gorgonzola cheese cut into small bits. I recommend to do this with your hands as it is quite sticky. and this makes it difficult to be cut with a knife

 

Finally, season the salad with balsamic vinegar cream

The contrast of colors is so beautiful! Don't forget to mix all the ingredients before serving.
It's simply delicious, enjoy!

HOT DOGS "PREPARADOS"

Another awesome Mexican dinner that we really enjoy and I would like to share with you.

INGREDIENTS:

- Hot dog bread

- Mayonnaise

- Sausages (I use chicken and turkey Sausages but you can choose your favourite flavour)

- Turkey/ham slices

- Cheese slices

- Chopped onion and tomato

- Avocado slices

- Fried, crunchy onion

- Ketchup and moustard 

STEPS:

Cut the bread into two halves and toast it

Spread some mayonnaise in the bread

In a hot pan, fry the turkey slices on both sides

Add the Cheese and wait till it melts. Place them over the hot dog bread with mayonnaise

Cut the Sausages into two halves and fry them

Chop the tomato and the onion and sprinkle them on the hot dog bread

Place the sausage on that half where you didn't sprinkle onion and tomato

Cut the Avocado into two halves, remove the bone with a knife and take out all the pulp with a spoon. Then, cut it into slices

And place them over the hot dog. Finally, sprinkle some crunchy fried onion.

There you go! You can have them with ketchup and moustard and if you like the authentic spicy Mexican flavour, add some jalapeños!! Enjoy them 😊

CHILAQUILES (our style)

I suppose if a Mexican could try the Chilaquiles we cook, he would probably say that they are not the original recipe, but this is our particular version and we love them.

They are a cheap and delicious starter, give them a try and you will include Chilaquiles in your weekly dinners!!

Ingredients:

- One onion

- A big Doritos Bag

- One tomato

- One chicken stock

- One bag of grated cheese

- Water, salt

STEPS:

STEP 1

We put the tomato with water inside a saucepan. Water must boil during some minutes.

STEP 2

While water is boiling, we prepare the chicken stock inside a glass.

STEP 3

And chop the onion 

STEP 4

We pour some of the boiling water into the glass with the chicken stock.

STEP 5

We stir the hot water until the chicken stock is dissolved. Then we will have chicken soup ready.

STEP 6

We prepare a pan with oil and heat it.

STEP 7

We fry the chopped onion.

STEP 8

While the onion is frying, we peel the tomato and put it again into the saucepan.

STEP 9

We add the fried onion to the saucepan, where we have the peeled tomato.

STEP 10

We add the chicken soup 

STEP 11

And mix it with the mixer

STEP 12

We boil the tomato sauce

STEP 13

We prepare the pan again with oil and add the Doritos

STEP 14

We mash them with the wood spoon

STEP 15

And add the tomato sauce

STEP 16

Everything is mixed.

STEP 17

We add the grated cheese and mix it during some minutes.

And voilá!! You have your chilaquiles ready!! Enjoy them!!