Easter

Tortilla Espanola (from Mario Batali) Slice 1 1/4 pounds waxy potatoes, peeled and cut 1/4 inch thick.  Thinly slice one small onion.  Add 1/4 cup olive oil to pan, add potatoes and onions and cook over  med to med-low heat for 20 minutes, tossing often so that they get fork tender, but don't brown.  Whisk 8 eggs with salt and pepper to taste.  Add potatoes to bowl and mix.  Return to pan, spreading potatoes out.  Cook for one minute med, then reduce to med low and cook for 20 min or until almost set throughout.  Slide onto a plate.  Then flip it back into pan.  Cook another 5 minutes.  Put on serving plate and let rest 5 minutes.  Serve warm or at room temperature.

There are a lot of tortilla recipes.  We liked this one a lot.  We'll try another recipe soon.

A lot of pans for a one pot meal.

Sanford sipping sherry.

This is the cava from our wedding.

Lamb and Roasted Red Pepper Ragout (from Spain and the World Table)  Marinate 4 pounds lamb stew meat with 3 tbsp spanish sweet paprika, 2 1/2 tsp cumin, 1 finely crumbled bay leaf, 2/3 cup olive oil, 2/3 white wine, zest of 1/3 lemon, 1/2 salt, 1/2 tsp pepper overnight.  Heat 1 tbsp olive oil and brown the meat in batches.  Pour off all but 1 tbsp of fat between batches.  Add browned meat to soup pot.  Then deglaze pan with 2/3 cup white wine and add to soup pot.  Meanwhile in a different pan, heat 1/4 cup olive oil.  Add 4 cups chopped onions.  Cook about 10 minutes, until translucent.  Add 2 1/2 tbsp smoked parika, 2 1/2 tsp ground cumin, 3 tbsp finely minced garlic (whole head).  Cook until it starts to stick.  Add 2 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper.  Add to soup pot.  Deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup chicken broth and add to pan.  Add another 1 1/2 cups chicken broth, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp lemon zest to soup pot.  Simmer, covered for about an hour.  Rinse 2 jars roasted red pepper and dice.  Add to pot and cook another 30 minutes.  You can now add salt, pepper, and lemon juice to taste.  Add 8 tsp chopped parlsey.  (we forgot)

Kurt Kingsley

Kingsley and Speake kids

Laura Kingsley