Spanish Tapas in English, Recipes in English by Carlos Mirasierras

Recipe for marinated boquerones
Ingredients: 1 kilo of boquerones (fresh anchovies); 1 cup vinegar; 1/4 cup
rock salt; slices of ginger; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley; 1/4
cup vinegar; 2 tbsp. finely chopped garlic
1 tbsp whole black pepper corns; chopped hot peppers
Preparation:
Clean fish and marinate overnight in the vinegar, salt and ginger mixture.
The following morning discard the liquid. Prepare all the other ingredients and
add the fish.
Mix well and put in bottles. Leave refrigerated for at least 2 weeks before
serving.
Chickpea salad
Ingredients: 1/2 kg chickpeas; hard boiled eggs; 4 red peppers (pimientos del
piquillo); small bunch of spring onions; 1 small clove of garlic; 1 large tomato;
fresh parsley; extra virgin olive oil; white wine vinegar; salt and pepper; 50g
cured ham.
Preparation:
Drain and rinse the chickpeas (if using dried chickpeas soak overnight and then
boil the next day in a pressure cooker for 10 mins or boil for 1 hour 10 mins in a
pan)
Prepare the tomato by blanching it and removing the skin and pips following this
cut it into small cubes and place in a bowl
Add the red peppers to the tomato (if you can´t find the Spanish pimientos del
piquillo you will need to roast the red peppers for about 20 mins and then
remove the skin and cut into strips)
Cut the cured ham into small squares and add to the bowl. Dress with extra
virgin olive oil and white wine vinegar over and season with salt and pepper
Add the chickpeas to the salad mixture
Garnish with fresh parsley and serve.
Recipe for marinated olives
(Aceitunas aliñadas)
Ingredients: 1 kg of olives; a sprig of thyme; a sprig of oregano; 1 lemon; 5
cloves of garlic;1 bay leaf; a piece of fennel; a teaspoon of peppercorns; 1 part
of vinegar to 4 parts of water.
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