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Papas bravas

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Papas bravas Tapas are a national institution of Spain. Before lunch and dinner, the Spanish enjoy these delicious morsels of savory foods with chilled wine, beer or sherry. Papas bravas are a classic! These spicy and hot fried potatoes are absolutely delicious and there is no need to go to Spain for them. Enjoy them anytime at home. They are so easy to make. Ingredients: 4 large Russet potatoes Half an onion, minced 2 cloves of garlic, minced 2 tablespoons of Spanish paprika Half a cup of tomato sauce Half a cup of hot pepper paste Olive oil Mayonnaise Method: To make the Bravas sauce: In a saucepan, heat some olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until the onion is soft. Add the paprika, tomato sauce and hot pepper sauce. Mix everything together. Cook the sauce until it begins to boil. Set aside, reheat the sauce if necessary. Drizzle the hot sauce over the fried potatoes. To cook the potatoes Steam or boil the potatoe...

Fingerling potatoes with allioli

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Fingerling potatoes with allioli  Who doesn't like to eat delicious boiled new potatoes and garlic mayo. Some people consider Allioli to be the sauce of the Catalan gods and I agree with them. The purists are very particular about one point though. Eggs are not used in Allioli sauce. But it is very difficult to emulsify garlic and olive oil so I took the easier way and added an egg. Just emulsify some eggs and olive oil. Ha ha! It was not that easy as you can see from my first attempt below. I got a greyish coloured, gooey mess! It tasted fine but it didn't look appetizing I tried again and finally figured it out. It takes a bit of patience but the results are well worth it. Patatas Allioli is such a simple and wonderful dish! Just boiled or steamed potatoes dipped in the allioli sauce. Potatoes and oily garlic are perfect partners! We've eaten it quite often this summer. Allioli sauce Ingredients: 1 lb of fingerling potatoes Some chop...