Stuffed Squids/ Calamares Rellenos

So we are cooking today stuffed squids. I have to say that this recipe is my mother's, in case that eventually the recipe becomes famous, she will be requesting the credits for it hehe.

Stuffed Squids/ Calamares Rellenos

Ingredients:

2 fresh dirty squids

1 Onion

2 Garlic cloves

Green peas

2-3 Potatoes

2 Boiled eggs

Breadcrumbs

Parsley

2 Bay leaves

1/2 Glass cooking wine

Olive Oil

Salt

Pepper

How to cook it:

1. Wash the squid and clean them. How to clean it: you have to separate the head from the body. Grab the squid tail in one hand and pull firmly from the head, it should come out easily. Save the body for later and now separate the tentacles from the head. Chop the tentacles and put them in a small bowl. On the body you will find a thin, clear sliver of cartilage, it is not edible, you have o remove it frm the body, just grasp and pull. The last step is peeling the squid, it is going to be easy to separate from the flesh. Once the skin is removed, wash the squid.

2. Chop super thin half of the onion, the parsley, the boiled eggs and add them to the same bowl where you saved the tentacles before. Add some breadcrumbs, salt and pepper.

3. Take one by one the squids and stuff them with the mixture using a teaspoon.

4. And once you fill them, you will close them with a tooth stick, like sewing the edge.

5. That is everything for the squids. now we are going to prepare the sauce. Slice the other half of the onion and put it in a pan, add some parsley, 2 bay leaves, green peas, diced potatoes, the cooking wine and the squids. Cover all the ingredients with water, bring it to boil. Add salt and pepper.

6. Leave it boiling for about 10-15 minutes, ir until the potatoes are cooked. Serve warm. Enjoy!

Paella with seafood and chicken

Paella with seafood and chicken (4 people)

Ingredients:

1 Garlic bulb

1 Green pepper

1 Red pepper

5  Ripe Tomatoes

200 grams of Shrimps

150 grams of Mussels

150 grams of clams

1/2 Chicken (in pieces)

A pinch of saffron

2 tsp of Salt

Olive Oil

1 tsp food colorant

1 cup of arborio rice (round rice)

2 cups of hot water

Instructions to cook:

1, In a "paellera" (special fry pan) put 3 to 4 table spoons of oil to heat. Meanwhile, peel the garlic bulb not on its entirety, but keeping it together and cut it all the way around without split it. Place it on the paellera.

2. Wash and clean the peppers, cut them in stripes and place them on the paellera. Stir them in medium heat until they are tender.

3. Now wash and peel the tomatoes, take one by one and squeeze them on the sink, to avoid the exceed water. Dice them and add them to the rest of the ingredients. Follow the pictures below.

4. Stir the tomatoes for about 10 minutes until they become more creamy. In the meantime, wash and clean the chicken, separate it into pieces. If you are using chicken breast, dice it. Now add the chicken to the rest of the ingredients.

5. Once the chicken is sealed, it's time to add the rice. You will use 1 cup of rice for every 4 people. Stir the rice for 3 to 4 minutes so the rice takes the flour of the ingredients.

6. At this point we are going to add the hot water. So, it is going to be the double amount of water that the amount of rice. On this recipe we have used 1 cup of rice, therefore, now we are going to add 2 cups of hot water.

7. It is the time to add the salt, the food colorant and the saffron.

8. We will add te seafood, in this case we used shrimps, clams and mussels but in other occasions we have used squid rings. Spread them over the rice. We stop stirring the rice until the end of the cook. Leave boiling at medium heat until the rice is done.

9. Serve yourself a "tapa" while waiting, it can take around 25 minutes to be ready. If you see the rice is needing water but is still not done, add some more hot water.

10. Once in a while we are going to move the paellera, not stirring with a wooden spoon but grabbing the pan handles and shaking it carefully.

11. Once your rice is ready, serve it warm and Enjoy!

Recipe and cooked by: Jesus Carnero

Bucatini with ragú (beef)

Bucatini with ragú (beef)

Ingredients:

80 to 100 grs of pasta per person

500 grs ground beef

1 onion

1 Celery

1 or 2 Carrots

200 ml tomato soup

1/2 glass of cooking wine or white wine

Salt

 Grounded black pepper

Oilve Oil

Instructions to cook:

1. Insert the pasta into a large size pot with boiling water, and leave it boiling for about 7 minutes. Try to take the pasta out of the water when it is "al dente", because it is going to finish cooking later in the sauce.

2. Take a large size pan, put 3 to 4 table spoons of olive oil, set medium heat and chop the onion in the meantime. Add it to the oil and stir fry. Do the same with the celery, wash it and chop it, add it to the onion, and stir fry.

3. Do the same with the carrots, if one is too small, then use two. Peel them, and cut them in small cubes. Add them, and stir fry, for about 3 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the ground mat, salt it and pepper it, then add it to the rest of the ingredients.

4. Now, set the heat high, and when the meat is almost done, add half glass of wine, leave to evaporate the alcohol. Stir.

5. Open the bottle of tomato, and add it to the meat. Set the heat lower, and stir, you might want to cover it with a lit. Leave few more minutes until the sauce thickens a bit more.

6. Pour the pasta that you had previously boiled and adjust the salt. Stir for one or two more minutes. Then it will be ready to be served, you can plate them and pour some parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

Rosted mackerel with baked potatoes/ Caballa al horno con patatas

Rosted mackerel with baked potatoes/ Caballa al horno con patatas

Ingredients:

1 Mackerel

1 Tomato

1 Onion

4 or 5 Potatoes

Oil

Salt

2 Garlic cloves

Parsley

Cooking Instructions:

1. Bring some salted water to boiling. Meanwhile peel the potatoes and put them in the boiling water for 10 minutes.

2. Preheat the oven 180C or 356F. Put some baking paper on an oven tray. Wash and slice the onion and the tomato. Spread it over the oven tray.

3. Wash and place the mackerel on top of the veggies and salt it.

4. We are going to prepare the marinade sauce. Take a small bowl and cut the garlic cloves in small pieces, wash and chop the parsley, add it to the garlic. Add abundant olive oil, a bit of salt and mix.

4. Spread this sauce over the fish. Add some more oil over the veggies. And, if you like you can add half glass of cooking wine, or white wine.

5. Wash the potatoes out and place them on the tray.

6. Bake at 180C or 356F for 35 minutes.

7. And it will be ready to be served. Enjoy!