by Irene Corchado Resmella | Dec 8, 2015 | Recipes from Extremadura
Are you having guests over for dinner soon? Not sure what to cook? Do you like Spanish recipes? If you are looking for fish recipes here’s an idea—Jerte-style trout. It’s simple, quick and delicious. Jerte is a small town located in the Jerte Valley, in northern...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Nov 9, 2015 | Recipes from Extremadura
Piggy Traveller was in the kitchen last weekend preparing a nice and autumnal dish from Extremadura: ajo de calabaza. What is it? It’s a pumpkin soup with garlic, bread, red chilli and cumin seeds This dish comes from my hometown of Don Benito, in central Extremadura....
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Jul 22, 2015 | Recipes from Extremadura
The surprisingly good weather we are having lately makes me want to prepare refreshing dishes. As I haven’t been back home since spring I knew it was time to cook a recipe from Extremadura to cheer me up a bit. And nothing can cheer you up more than jerimoje. Just...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Feb 6, 2015 | Recipes from Extremadura
Repápalos are some sort of croquettes made of bread, and are very popular in Extremadura. They can be salty or sweet and are a cheap and easy way of using stale bread you may have at home. Today I’m sharing with you the recipe of the sweet repápalos. I hope you like...
by Irene Corchado Resmella | Dec 17, 2014 | Recipes from Extremadura
If you like food and cooking as much as I do you are going to enjoy this new section of the blog. I will cook and share with you traditional recipes from Extremadura, following the instructions and advice from people I know. In some cases local ingredients (such as...