Recipes with olive oil — recepten

Traditional dish with extra virgin olive oil from the Sierra de Segura, Andalusia Ajoatao is a traditional dish from Jaén, originating from the mountainous region Sierra de Segura. This is one of those authentic Spanish recipes where olive oil plays the leading role. Ajoatao – also called Ajo atao (the "j" is pronounced like "h") – is a creamy puree of potato, garlic, egg yolk and extra virgin olive oil, emulsified to perfection. This recipe reminds me of my grandmother's cooking, who, whenever we were on holiday in Spain, would prepare lunch early in the morning, which always consisted of...

  BBQ with Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Picanha at its Best After a wet spring, summer in the Netherlands is finally in full swing. There's no better time to barbecue again with friends and/or family, where extra virgin olive oil is, of course, a must!  I often get asked how olive oil can be used during a barbecue, so in this blog, I want to give some examples of how you can use extra virgin olive oil, both for cooking and for side dishes. Jersey Picanha In preparation, I visited ONS Biologische Slager for a nice piece of BBQ...

Ready to lick your fingers clean with this delicious Spanish dish? A few weeks before Christmas, my mother called me to ask if I fancied Zarzuela, a kind of Spanish fish stew with different types of fish, for Christmas. Normally, for Christmas, I make Beef Wellington, leg of lamb, rack of lamb, or we have gourmet dining, so this was a nice and welcome change. I had already made the Beef Wellington a few days earlier for a group of friends, so I didn't mind not making a second one. On Christmas Day, my father was happily cooking in the...

In my youth, during the summer holidays, we would visit my grandparents and family each year in my father's birthplace; Los Prados de Armijo. This village is nestled among olive groves and split by a valley, allowing you to take a (uphill) walk to the other side via a winding road around the valley. Walking past my uncle's goats and chickens, I vividly remember rosemary and asparagus growing wild along the roadside. Because of that memory, it might be one of my favorite vegetables that really suits almost everything. At home in the Netherlands, I unfortunately have to buy asparagus...