Spain
Food and wine, recipes and cooking methods from Spain.
Wine in Spain
Sangria
Sangría can be prepared with cheap wine and taste good, but in sangrías as in everything, quatily pays off. You can create an astounding drink just by using decent quality wine.
Champagne and other sparkling wines
No sauce menestra
No sauce, no wine; this is a variation of the menestra Monterrey recipe; we use the same technique.
Navarran menestra
First quality healthy vegetables are the main ingredients for this recipe.
Lamb menestra
This type of menestra is a meal on its own. To serve as an appetizer, halve the meat or just skip it. You can also change the vegetables to suit your taste. Stewing meat and vegetables together keeps the food moist. The result is a succulent dish, perfectly cooked and not dry at all.
Cider in Spain
Easy menestra
This simple recipe can be adapted for speed cooking by using prepared or frozen vegetables. Good quality, fresh vegetables make this recipe really special, but frozen vegetables are better than no vegetables.
Sangria sparkler
This recipe for low calorie sangria sparkler has all the taste of traditional sangria without all the calories. Try this refreshing summer drink.