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Braised Pork Ribs and Potatoes with Fried Herby Crumbs | Recipe

This braised pork recipe is always on the menu on el Día de la Matanza, and it was one of my da’s favourites. The way my mum makes it is quite simple: she just slow-cooks the ribs until really tender, and then she adds the potatoes – she doesn’t include the crumbs. Both ways are delicious, but I think the crumb adds an extra something special.
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Citrus Salad with Chorizo and Crispy Fried Egg | Recipe

This recipe is from Las Hurdes, a really beautiful area in the north of Extremadura. It is often simply called ensalada de naranja – orange salad – which is a bit unfair on all the other ingredients, but they all work together to make a really great dish.
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Cuchifrito with Preserved Lemon Salsa | Recipe

I just adore these crispy, golden pieces of heaven. The word cuchifrito comes from ‘fried pig’, and it’s traditionally made with suckling pigs – in my area in Spain, we eat them when they are as young as 21 days
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Pan-fried Cod with Chorizo, Wild Mushrooms & a Poached Egg | Recipe

Cod is easily one of the most beautiful kinds of fish, but it’s important not overcook it (which so many people do), as you risk killing the subtle layers of sea flavours. Funnily enough, fresh cod is really hard to find in Spanish markets – in fact, I can’t remember ever seeing it there! What is very popular – and, I have to say, always in my mum’s fridge at home – is salted cod. So, if you can’t get fresh cod, salted cod is absolutely fine to use here.
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Mushrooms on Toast with Torta del Casar Cheese | Recipe

here are people who love cheese and people who hate cheese. Personally, I love cheese so much I could live on it! Well, I’d need some sherry too, but we all have to drink to survive, right? So, of the cheeses I really love, Torta del Casar is one of my favourites
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