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In “How They Cook Back Home,” I bring you the region of my birth, Asturias. This episode showcases the beautiful region’s great cheeses. I show you how to serve one of the area’s best cheeses, Afuega’l Pitu, in a simple sweet and sour salad with tomatoes and a honey and vinegar dressing. I also fry up some golden brown monkfish, and take you to the seas off Asturias to fish for barnacles. We finish our trip at one of my favorite spots, Casa Geraldo, where I will show you how they make the creamy sweet arroz con leche. |
In Asturias we visit some wonderful places...
Cangas de Onis Cheese Market
Located on Calle del Mercado in the center of Cangas de Onis, across from Santa Maria Church, this market takes place on Sunday mornings.
Rompeolas Restaurant
Calle San Miguel, 21
El Puerto – Tazones
Tel: 011 34 985 897 013
Casa de Gerardo Restaurant
Carretera AS-19, Km 9
Prendes
Tel: 011 34 985 887 797
Website: www.casa-gerardo.com
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| Picos de europa |
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| Sidra de Asturias, apple cider from Asturias |
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...and we learn about great foods and dishes of the region...
Afuega’l Pitu is a cow’s milk cheese of Asturias
Vinagre de sidra is cider vinegar
Verdina are a type of bean from Asturias
Bollu preñao is known as “pregnant bread,” a roll with chorizo baked inside
Pixin, also called rape, is monkfish
Almejas are clams
Percebes are gooseneck barnacles
Cigalas are Norwegian lobsters
Berza is a cabbage-like vegetable
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| Apple trees |
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| Along the coast of Asturias |
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To Learn more about Asturias, visit:
www.infoasturias.com
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In the coming weeks, we will return to my home region with another episode, “Food for the Family”. Here I will prepare a simple apple and cheese salad with my mother’s favorite blue cheese, Cabrales. I will introduce you to the local traditional hard cider and then show you how we use vinegar made from the cider to flavor dishes, like in my corn cakes topped with caramelized onions. I will also join my family for our favorite Fabada Asturiana, a hearty bean stew with sausages.
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