Recipes with olive oil — smaak

Traditional Spanish recipe with beef, wine and extra virgin olive oil Whenever I get the chance to eat this in Spain, I love it. Rabo de Toro is a classic Spanish stew that originated in Andalusia, particularly in cities like Cordoba and Seville. This authentic Spanish recipe is rich in flavor, easy to prepare, and a wonderful example of how extra virgin olive oil forms the foundation of Spanish cuisine. Whenever I get the chance to eat this in Spain, I love it. The dish is slowly simmered with vegetables and wine until the meat is so tender it falls...

BBQ with Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Picanha at its Best After a wet spring, summer is finally in full swing in the Netherlands. There is no better time to barbecue with friends and/or family, where extra virgin olive oil of course it cannot be missed! 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 in baking and for side dishes. Jersey Picanha In preparation I went to ONS Biologische Slager for a nice piece BBQ...

Ready to tickle your fingers for this delicious Spanish dish? A few weeks before Christmas, my mother called me to ask if I would like to have Zarzuela, a kind of Spanish fish stew, with different types of fish during Christmas. Normally for Christmas I make a Beef Wellington, leg of lamb, rack of lamb or we go gourmet, so this was a tasty and pleasant change. I already made the Beef Wellington a few days ago for a group of friends, so I didn't mind not making a second one. On Christmas Day, my father was cooking in the...

During my childhood, we went every year during the summer holidays to visit my grandparents and their family in my father's native village; Los Prados de Armijo. This village is located in the middle of the olive trees and is split in half by a valley, so you could take a walk (uphill) to the other side via a winding road around the valley. While walking past my uncle's goats and chickens, I can still remember rosemary and asparagus growing wild at the edge of the road. Because of that memory, it is perhaps one of my favorite vegetables that...