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tapas feast: tortilla, glazed chorizo, manchego cheese, cured meats & honey, stuffed peppers, rolled anchovies

servings
6

method

TO START Get all your ingredients and equipment ready. Put a medium ovenproof frying pan (approx. 26cm) on a high heat and a small frying pan on a low heat. Turn the grill on to full whack. Put the standard blade attachment into the food processor.

TORTILLA Chop the potatoes into 1cm chunks. Put them into the medium ovenproof frying pan with a lug of olive oil and toss. Halve, peel and roughly chop the red onion. Once the potatoes have a good colour, add the onions to the pan along with the fennel seeds and mix well. Now get on
with other jobs but remember to keep tossing the potatoes occasionally.

CHORIZO Slice the chorizo into 2cm rounds. Put into the small frying pan with a splash of olive oil and toss occasionally until golden and crisp.

PEPPERS Trim off the rind from the Manchego, then crumble into the food processor with a handful of torn up ciabatta, 50g of blanched almonds, the leaves from the bunch of thyme, a good pinch of salt & pepper and a swig of red wine vinegar. Whiz up until fine, then stuff inside the peppers – no need to pack it in. Once full, put them into a baking dish. Scatter any remaining breadcrumbs over the peppers. Top with the remaining thyme sprigs, drizzle with olive oil, then put on the middle shelf, under the grill, for 8 minutes. Rip the remaining ciabatta in half and take to the table.

MANCHEGO Lay the slices of cured meat on a board alongside the large wedge of Manchego. Drizzle a little honey over the cheese, then sprinkle over a pinch of ground coffee. Scatter a handful of black olives and a few leaves of thyme or oregano (if using) over the meat. Drizzle with a tiny bit of extra virgin olive oil, sprinkle lightly with pepper and take to the table.

CHORIZO Lightly bash 2 unpeeled cloves of garlic with the heel of your hand or the bottom of a saucepan and add to the pan.

TORTILLA The potatoes should be lovely and golden by now, so turn the heat down to low. Crush 2 unpeeled cloves of garlic into the pan. Pick most of the rosemary leaves into the pan and stir. Season with a good pinch of salt & pepper.

CHORIZO Carefully drain away most of the fat, leaving about 1 tablespoon of it behind. Add the red wine vinegar and runny honey and leave to reduce down to a really sticky glaze. Keep an eye on it, giving the pan a shake every so often so it doesn’t catch.

TORTILLA Taste the potato mixture for seasoning, then crack the eggs directly into the pan and gently stir with a wooden spoon to create a marbled effect. Turn the heat up to medium. Once the eggs start to set around the sides, scatter the rest of the rosemary leaves on top and put under the grill on the top shelf for 3 to 5 minutes, or until set, golden and fluffy.

ANCHOVIES Put the anchovies into a nice serving bowl. Finely chop a few sprigs of parsley and sprinkle over. Finely grate over the zest of ½ the lemon, then drizzle over some extra virgin olive oil. Halve the cherry tomatoes and pile them next to the anchovies with a bunch of cocktail sticks.
The idea is to get everyone to make their own skewers. Add a pinch of paprika and take to the table.

TO SERVE Take the tortilla and stuffed peppers to the table. Pop a large handful of rocket next to the tortilla. Take the pan of sticky chorizo to the table. Serve with a jug of iced sparkling water filled with orange slices, and a chilled bottle of dry sherry.

Recipe from:

30-minute-meals

ingredients

TORTILLA
• 250g baby new potatoes
• 1 small red onion
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 2 cloves of garlic
• ½ a small bunch of fresh rosemary
• 8 eggs
• a large handful of prewashed rocket,
to serve

CHORIZO
• 250g good-quality semi-cured whole
chorizo
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon runny honey

PEPPERS
• 100g Manchego cheese
• 1 ciabatta loaf
• 50g blanched almonds
• a small bunch of fresh thyme
• red wine vinegar
• 1 x 450g jar of whole peppers

MANCHEGO
• 100g Manchego cheese
• 100g Spanish cured meats, such as
pata negra
• runny honey, for drizzling
• instant or quality ground coffee
• a handful of black olives
• optional: a couple of sprigs of fresh
• thyme or oregano

ANCHOVIES
• 1 x 100g pack of marinated or dressed
anchovies, from chilled section
• a few sprigs of fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 lemon
• 150g cherry tomatoes
• smoked paprika, for dusting

SEASONINGS
• olive oil
• extra virgin olive oil
• sea salt & black pepper

TO SERVE
• a bottle of sparkling water
• 1 orange
• a chilled bottle of dry sherry

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1. by Keyt Rausa on Fri 25 May 2012 @ 17:37

I love your show and it inspired me to cook... from Philippines!

2. by Lora on Thu 24 May 2012 @ 11:27

This is one of the recipes I've paid more attention to in the book. The tortilla recipe works especially well, in my opinion, and adding the little rosemary is a great idea, it gives it a very nice touch. I've been making this tortilla all the time this year. Then also adding honey and pepper to the Manchego cheese and the cured ham worked pretty well when I tried it. What didn't work so well was the fried chorizo. I followed the instructions faithfully and it got burnt. Frying chorizo in honey? You must then put loads of honey or else in oil it will burn too quickly. That was the problem I had. Also I think it must be too fatty. Frying a little chorizo takes just a few seconds on either side, I think adding vinegar and runny honey to it is overdoing it a bit.

3. by Kriszta on Fri 18 May 2012 @ 19:43

I love your recipes just like this! I use fresh ingredients for my meals,too. I have a blog with recipes and I have made almost the same meal-tortilla-as you.You can see it on my blog: http://krisztakonyhja.blogspot.com/2012/05/kriszta-30-perces-vacsoraja-rusztikus.html Congratulations to your show and books! Greetings from Hungary Kriszta

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Just been invited to dinner and asked if I could prepare a little pre-dinner snack. Just remembered seeing your tapa segment and thought Chorizo. Looks good, tastes yummy. Hope I do it justice and they like it.xx

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Jamie, I'm on a very tight budget 'cause I'm an overseas student. :) I only made the honey glazed chorizo. Easy, quick to prepare and very delicious. I always enjoy your recipes. Thank you very much and Good luck to you, your family and all the members of your staff, too!

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