Basque Country Food Recipes

Few ingredients are more closely associated with the basque country than bacalao salt cod and one of the most quintessential preparations is a la bizkaina meaning that the fish is gently.

Basque country food recipes. See our basque soup recipes. Basque sausage and garbanzo soup. But some basque cuisine recipes are so famous that we can name it as typical from the basque country. To the south lies the region of la rioja to the west cantabria and castilla y leon and to the east navarra.

Authentic spanish recipes basque food recipes from the basque region and beyond. Consequently fish and shellfish are a big part of the basque cooking. The lamb is marinated in white wine cloves garlic and rosemary before being cooked and then added to a thick sauce. Merluza en salsa verde.

The basque country or el pais vasco in spanish is one of spain s 17 comunidades autónomas or autonomous communities it is located in northern spain bordering on france and the cantabric sea. The tuna is caught in the atlantic and cooked with tomatoes onions herbs and a dash of white wine and served as a casserole. With clams alone with monkfish or fresh cod or with a combination of clams and hake as in this recipe. Basque potato lentil soup.

Axoa de veau veal stew basque chicken stew. Salsa verde appears in many dishes. Basque potato leak soup. Basque fish and shellfish.

Lamb is very popular in the north of spain and in the basque country people like to make it into a stew. Learn how to cook exquisite spanish food recipes with me javier de la hormaza a spanish food importer and chef born. We think this has the makings for a fantastic dinner party don t you roasted fingerlings with red and yellow pipérade from epicurious this combination of sweet and earthy flavors sounds divine salt cod stuffed piquillo peppers with bayonne ham and chile sauce from chow. This recipe is one of the front runners of traditional basque cooking.

A heavenly combination of spanish and french cuisine the food of pays basque in southwestern france is full of sweet hot peppers fresh seafood ham apples cherries and a whole lot more. Welcome to la despensa basco s pantry of spanish recipes basque food recipes drinks cooking tips travel restaurant reviews and anything else foodie that we feel is worth blogging about. From classic basque food recipes like bacalao pil pil marmitako or chipirones en su tinta influenced by javier s childhood memories to more modern dishes like mussels with chistorra sausage and txakoli that use 100 basque ingredients. Cauliflower soup with basque chorizo and spinach.

Basque cake basque cider txakoli wine cod pintxos basque tapas marmitako tolosa black beans etc. The main ingredients of the sauce include roasted red peppers tomatoes red wine paprika and parsley. Basque red bean stew.