Cosmopolitan Club Spanish Dinner: April 20, 1997

Recipes



Almond Soup

Ingredients: Toast the almonds at 350 degrees for 7 minutes.
Blend the almonds as fine as possible.
Heat the cream over a low burner and add almonds.
Steep for 1 hour.
Saute the onions in the olive oil in a soup pan.
Add the chicken broth to the onions and bring to a boil.
Remove onions and puree with the cream and almonds.
Strain the mixture and puree what stays in the strainer again until all of the mixture will go through.
Mix with the chicken broth and serve.

Tortilla Española

Ingredients:
Peel and slice potatoes very thin.
Cook potatoes in oil until soft, do not fry, boil them in the oil. (Oil should almost be a couple inches deep in the pan).
Drain the cooked potatoes and mix with the eggs.
Add salt and pepper and chopped garlic.
Add potato mixture to non-stick skillet.
Cook until solid half-way through, poke with fork to allow the air to escape from underneath.
After making sure that the tortilla is not stuck to the skillet, place a plate larger than the skillet over the top of the tortilla and turn over the skillet. Slide the tortilla off of the plate and into the skillet, so that the uncooked side is down.
Cook until solid all the way through.
Slide out of skillet onto a serving platter.

Best served room temperature with chilled gazpacho and fried fish on hot summer evenings.


Gazpacho

Ingredients:
Blend all ingredients together. Proportions should be to your taste. Bread should serve to thicken the consistency. If there are home grown (real) tomatoes, use them, but be sure to peel and seed them before blending.

Salsa de Gorgonzola

Ingredients: Blend together. Should be thick. Proportions will depend on taste preference.
Serve over beef or veal.

Pisto

Ingredients: Put the oil into a large saucepan and saute the onions, peppers and garlic until soft.
Add the tomatoes, eggplant, and zucchini and seasoning. Stir well.
Cover and cook for a further 30-40 minutes.
Lower the heat and slowly add the beaten egg, stirring continuously.
Remove from heat.
Cover and allow to stand for a few minutes.
Serves 6.
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