Proper Spanish Tapas: The Traditional Recipes
By Stephen Lean
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About this ebook
The aim of this book is simple: to introduce you to the preparation, cooking and serving of the traditional tapas recipes of Spain. There are hundreds of so-called 'tapas' recipe books out there but many of them are just collections of various recipes for small appetisers - to the author's mind this is not Proper Spanish Tapas.
This book concentrates solely on the traditional Spanish tapas which are found in bars all over Spain. Here you will find over 32 of the best traditional recipes, divided into four sections: Egg & Cheese, Fish, Meat and Vegetables.
Today, throughout the world, tapas has become a popular and healthy addition to the many food styles and cuisines available to us. Everyone is joining in and realising how pleasurable eating in this way can be. Wherever you live, you can bring a little Spanish sunshine right into your own home - right now!
Traditional Spanish tapas is essentially hearty and unpretentious. Ingredients are fresh, flavours are robust and recipes are easy. You can keep it simple or you can make it as complicated as you like. But whichever way you prefer it, tapas is best served with an early evening drink among friends and lively company. You will not, I promise you, find a more pleasurable and flavour-filled experience anywhere in the world.
So pour yourself a drink, take your time and enjoy your traditional Spanish tapas to the full. There is no better way to sample the real essence of Spain’s lifestyle and culture.
Stephen Lean
Stephen Lean is a writer, website designer and Spanish food nut. He lives in Andalucia, southern Spain, which has allowed him to discover more about Spain, its people and the Spanish way of life. He has been fortunate enough to meet some lovely people and sample some pretty outstanding local food. He is the creator and webmaster of Google's top-ranked tapas website: Proper-Spanish-Tapas.com If his book has tickled your tapas taste buds you can find out "Everything there is to know about Tapas, the small plate with the BIG flavour" by visiting this website. Steve also formats ebooks "for authors who just want to write". To find out about stress-free publishing to ePub and Kindle, you can go to his website: http://epub-it.com
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Proper Spanish Tapas - Stephen Lean
Proper Spanish Tapas
by
Stephen Lean
The Traditional Recipes
A Taste of the Real Spain
Eating doesn’t get better than this!
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Ingredients
Egg and Cheese Recipes
Fish Recipes
Meat Recipes
Vegetable Recipes
Origins & Regions
About the author
Introduction
Wherever you go in Spain you will find lively and noisy bars serving tapas, the small plates of superb flavours and local delicacies which epitomise the Spanish way of life.
In its most basic form traditional tapas is simply a small snack or appetiser taken with a drink or two at lunchtime or in the early evening before the main meal. It is essentially a style of eating rather than a form of cooking. Tapas means sociability, friends and family.
Now, throughout the world, tapas will give you a tasty little mouthful of the real Spain without having to jump on an aeroplane to enjoy it! Tapas has become a popular and healthy addition to the many food styles and cuisines available to us today. Everyone is joining in and realising how pleasurable eating in this way can be. And why not? When you begin to see the sheer range of flavours available you will, I’m sure, want to find out more about ‘the small plate with the BIG flavour’.
Wherever you live, you can bring a little Spanish sunshine right into your own home - right now! From an exotic, spicy Moorish dish, to a classic tortilla, to a simple bowl of olives, the choice is entirely yours. But oh, what a choice it is!
The aim of this book is simple: to introduce you to the preparation, cooking and serving of the enormously varied traditional tapas recipes of Spain. I hope you will find the information and recipes herein fun, informative and easy to follow.
Tapas means keeping it simple
Spanish food, and especially tapas, is based on simple methods and the imaginative use of seasonal vegetables and local ingredients. Tapas is essentially hearty and unpretentious. Ingredients are fresh, flavours are robust and recipes are easy. Preparation and presentation is generally pretty straightforward.
You’ll find no ‘pan-seared’ this and ‘sun-blushed’ that here, my friend. The success of a tapas dish is purely down to one basic criteria: whether or not it