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MENJAR BLANC (“white food”)

Ingredients:

1l of milk

200g of sugar

60g of rice flour

1 lemon skin

A piece of cinnamon.

A bit of cinnamon powder

How to make it?

• First you have to boil the liter of milk with the lemon skin and the piece of cinnamon in a casserole.
• When the milk starts to boil, add the sugar and then the rice flour very slowly .
• Remove it all with a spoon.
• When the mixture becomes thicker, take it out of the casserole and pour it in small cups which contain some smashed almonds.
• Let it cool.
• Spread a bit of cinnamon powder on top of the cream before serving.

ENJOY YOUR DESSERT!!!

                                     SPANISH OMELETTE

Ingredients:

4 eggs          olive oil

6 potatotes    salt

1 onion

How to make it:

-First peel the potatotes and onions.

-Chop them and fry them in a pan with olive oil. Add some salt

-break the eggs and pour them in a bowl.

-beat the eggs with a bit of salt.

-when the potatotes and onion are ready, mix them with the eggs

-Cook the omelette on one side, and then turn it over to cook it on the other side.

…And ready to serve on a plate.

¡Bon apetite!

SUC D’ANGUILA FROM DELTA DE L’EBRE

EELS WITH GARLIC AND PEPPER SAUCE

This dish is entirely made with products from the region of Montsià and in particular made with the eels of the Ebro Delta.

INGREDIENTS (for 2 people):

1/2 kgr. of eels from Delta de l'Ebre                                                                  

200 ml. of fish stock from Sant Carles de la Ràpita fish market

flour

2 cloves of garlic

a pinch of Parsley

black pepper

1 tomato

1/2 onion

 1/2 chilly pepper

extra virgin olive oil from Montsià

PREPARATION

 We clean the eels well (in our region people use ashes to clean them) and cut them in pieces.

We heat the oil in a clay casserole

 Prepare a chopped garlic and parsley

 We grate the onion and we slightly fry it.

Next we add the tomato and when they are half-fried we add the spicies: the black pepper,  the chopped garlic and the parsley that we have prviously prepared.

Add a spoonful of flour to thicken the sauce and immediately after add the fish broth.

When it begins to boil we add the eels and we will cook them for about 15 minutes.

We add salt, if necessary.

... AND NOW WE CAN ENJOY THIS EXQUISITE “SUC D'ANGUILES”!!

TOMATO PIE

Ingredients:

a glass of water (250 grams)

half a glass olive oil (125 grams)

yeast (15 grams)

1 teaspoon of salt

Flour (aprox. 600 grams)

10-12  ripe tomatoes

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

Pine nuts (50 grams)

Tuna fish (100 grams)

How to make it:

Pour the liquids (water and olive oil)  in a bowl and add the salt and yeast.

Mix it well. Gradually add the flour and form a dough.

Knead the dough until the ingredients are well combined (for about 10 minutes).

Cover the dough with a cotton cloth and let the dough settle for about 30 minutes.

While the dough is settling...

Chop the peppers (both red and green) and fry them in a saucepan.

After two minutes add the tomatoes already pealed and chipped to form a sauce.

Cook the sauce for about 20 minutes.

Spread some oil on a baking sheet.

Extend the dough on the baking sheet.

First spread the sauce on the dough and then do the same with the tuna fish and the pine nuts.

Sprinkle some flour on the surface and introduce it in the oven.

Let it cook for about 40 minutes at 190 degrees.

Let it cool before eating!!!!!

 by Júlia Tallada