Spanish Tapas in English, Recipes in English by Carlos Mirasierras

Place a slice of ham on each piece of bread and on top place the cooked
mushroom secured by a cocktail stick.
Tuna, egg and tomato salad
Ingredients: 1 large tomato; 1 small tin of tuna; 2 hard boiled eggs; 2 spring
onions; a few green olives; 1 clove of garlic; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 2 tbsp
white wine vinegar; salt and pepper
Preparation:
Chop the tomato and egg into small cubes place in a bowl and set aside
Finely chop the spring onion then crush the green olives (remove the stones
first) and add to the tomato and egg
Drain the tuna and add to the above ingredients mixing all together
Make the dressing by mixing the olive oil, vinegar and garlic (crushed) in a jam
jar - shake the jam jar then pour the dressing over the salad
Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and serve with some roughly
cut chunks of white bread.

Fried prawns in batter
Ingredients: 1/2 kg medium sized prawns; olive oil; 150g flour; 2 egg whites;
250 ml beer or lager; salt
Preparation:
Sieve the flour into a bowl and add a pinch of salt
Make a hole in the middle of the flour and add 1 tbsp olive oil and the beer or
lager
Stir the mixture well working it from the centre outwards until it has a smooth
consistency - put aside at room temperature for 30 mins
Peel the prawns leaving part of the shell at the tail end
Whisk the egg whites until stiff then add to the batter
Heat enough oil in a pan to deep fry the prawns
Place the pawns in the batter one by one and fry them a few at a time until the
batter has turned golden and the prawns are done
Remove the prawns from the oil and drain off excess oil by placing them on a
plate covered with kitchen paper.

Mushrooms

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