I love Spain - the life style, the people and most especially the food! Nothing is as nice as sitting quietly in a little Spanish restaurant drinking sangria while enjoying tortilla, aoli, patatas bravas and little fried peppers. Some how this just beats a pub in rainy and snowy London - lol.
Now some Spanish dishes are glorious but take ages and - in the case of tortilla - involves lots of pans and me dropping hot potato on a cranky Maine Coon. Pablo (17 pounds of ginger fluff) may sound Spanish but tends to prefer Felix.
However, one dish that I have found easy is Gambas Aoli or prawns in chilli garlic oil. Start off with some good prawns, not the little ones that you find in sandwiches but the lovely grey meaty ones or the pink ones still in their shells. Fresh is obviously best so a visit to the fish monger is in order. I tend to use 300g as a starter for 2/3 people so this recipee is for this quantity.
Then take some lovely olive oil - this too needs to be really good quality. Something fruity is best so I would consider French or Spanish but you know your own oils. Heat the oil and add seven or eight cloves of chopped (or if you fancy cheating like I do crushed) garlic.
Brown this and then add 6 small finely chopped chillis (i use red as that is traditional), the prawns and a bay leaf. Fry until the prawns are almost cooked. Pour the oil and prawns into a clay pot and serve with bread for dipping.
This is so lovely and so very easy. Not the healthiest dish but life is short and a little bit of what you fancy does you good!
L xx
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