Catalan Cuisine: Europe's Last Great Culinary Secret by Colman Andrews

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  • Salt cod with garlic and paprika "on the tin" (Bacallà a la llauna)

    • dangtangy on June 07, 2024

      very tasty, I cooked it in a ceramic dish rather than metal and it seemed okay

  • Salt cod with samfaina (Bacallà amb samfaina)

    • treay on March 02, 2025

      Samfaina is a Catalan sauce that uses the same ingredients as ratatouille but cooked differently. In Catalonia we cook all the ingredients in the same pan, while in France, all the ingredients are cooked separately and put together at the end. In addition, ratatouille is mainly served on its own or as a side dish, while samfaina is a sauce used to accompany fish or chicken. The most traditional one is with salted cod, but as it is hard to find where we live, I use fresh cod if I can, otherwise any other thick fish fillet. Today it was a delicious red emperor fillet with some oven chips on the side. We love it!

  • Baked sea bass with potatoes (Llobarro al forn)

    • hillsboroks on September 07, 2018

      This is a lovely fast way to prepare fish. I used a mandolin on the potatoes and parboiled them for 3 minutes which was just right. The flavors of the fresh herbs and garden tomatoes were perfect with the potatoes and fish. I used fresh caught fillets from sea bass and rock fish my husband caught that day. We both loved it and I am adding it to my list of favorite fish recipes.

  • Catalan "burnt cream" (Crema Catalana)

    • Vanessa on December 19, 2011

      Tasty. Easy. We need to do this one again!

  • Majorcan vegetable casserole (Tumbet)

    • mcvl on October 24, 2013

      Good, not special.

  • Swiss chard with raisins and pine nuts (Bledes amb panses i pinyons)

    • TrishaCP on June 11, 2017

      Fine as a side to round out a meal. The ingredients are a classic combination that work well together, especially the sweetness of raisins with the chard.

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  • ISBN 10 1898697760
  • ISBN 13 9781898697763
  • Published Nov 30 1997
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 352
  • Language English
  • Edition New edition
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Grub Street

Publishers Text

Catalonia, located in Spain's far north-east corner and centred around the port of Barcelona, has its own cuisine and culture which has spread to encompass Valencia, the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza), Andorra, the ancient region of France formerly known as Roussilon, and a single city on the Italian island of Sardinia. Colman Andrews explores this whole territory of Catalan cooking, from its French, Roman and Moorish roots to today's modern interpretation. Along the way he creates a portrait of the food, wine, history and culture of the region.

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