Recipes with olive oil — smaak

Traditional Spanish recipe with beef, wine and extra virgin olive oil When I have the chance to eat this in Spain, I love to eat it. Rabo de Toro is a classic Spanish stew that originates in Andalusia, especially in cities like Cordoba and Seville. This authentic Spanish recipe is rich in flavor, easy to prepare, and a beautiful example of how extra virgin olive oil forms the basis of Spanish cuisine. When I have the chance to eat this in Spain, I love to eat it. The dish is slowly cooked with vegetables and wine until the meat is...

  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...