Recipe: Creamy Garlic Mushrooms
Summary: A very tasty starter that is sure to impress your friends.
Ingredients
- 150 g button mushrooms
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped tbsp of olive oil
- 125 ml white wine
- 75 ml double cream
- fresh parsley
- parmesan cheese
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a sauce pan. Gently fry the mushrooms and garlic for 3 – 4 minutes.
- Pour in the wine and cook until reduced 50%. (Stay around and enjoy the smell).
- Pour in the cream and season with salt and pepper and add parsley.
- Transfer to small heat proof tapa type dishes and sprinkle with parmessan cheese.
- Brown under the grill and serve with toasted granary bread.
Cooking time (duration): 30 min’s
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: hors d’oerves
Culinary tradition: Italian
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
Recipe: Gambas (Prawn) Pil Pil
Summary: Probably one of the most popular starter and tapas dishes on the coasts of Spain!
Ingredients
- 20 peeled gambas (if you cannot get fresh prawns you can use pre-cooked prawns but adjust the cooking time so as to warm through thoroughly as opposed to cooking them)
- 5 tblsps of olive
- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tblsp garlic, crushed
- 2 chilli peppers or 2 teaspoons chilli powder
- pinch of cayenne or red pepper
- 1 tblsp flat leaf parsley, chopped
- salt and fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- Put olive oil, garlic cloves, chili peppers, and cayenne pepper in an earthenware ramekin.Heat the ramekin at medium heat or until the oil begins to sizzle.
- Meanwhile peel and wash the prawns. Dry them off with a paper towel and add them to the ramekin. Cook the prawns for about six minutes, 3 minutes on either side, or until they begin to turn pink and curl slightly.
- Sprinkle with the parsley and serve at once.
- Serve with crusty bread.
Cooking time (duration): 20
Number of servings (yield): 2
Meal type: snack
Culinary tradition: Spanish
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
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