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Huevos Rotos con Espárragos

Allan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:59:21 +0000

Here’s one of my all-time fave dish – Huevos Rotos which literally means “Broken Eggs.” It is not the typical scrambled eggs where you beat the egg whites & yolks together before you cook it. On the contrary, this dish requires that the egg as a whole, be added after – at the very end with rest of the ingredients, just right before the consumption.

Typically here in Madrid, the eggs are broken, literally when they serve it, in front of you!

Ingredients:

2 Eggs
Chorizo Iberico de Bellota (or any chorizo of your choosing); sliced not so thinly
Asparagus (or any greens you like)
Onions
Garlics
Olive oil
Salt & Pepper
Paprika & Parsley (for garnish)

Procedure:

Sauté onion & garlic in olive oil
Throw in the chorizo; let it sizzle until it change the color of the oil
Add in the asparagus; sweat it and turn off stove
Season with salt & pepper
Now this is the part we “break” the eggs. While the pan is still on the stove, break and put the whole eggs on top. Using your wooden spoons, break the eggs however you like (this is where your creativity and mood kicks in!). As soon as you are done, plate it right away!

Garnish with paprika (I like the pimentón picante) & parsley. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil. Serve with a crusty bread such as Chapata

Happy cooking & Kain na!

Sad Omelette

Allan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:04:28 +0000

The week started great yet ended grim. I have lost most of my office mates, my lunch mates, my coffee mates, my language mates, my friends.

I brought pancit over that lunch. It was really special because I used fresh shrimps. I brought more for my mates and I am so pleased that they liked it.

They asked me about the recipe and I told them, and suggested that it is great con sardinillas.

Well, I always knew that there is more life after work but I will certainly miss them over breakfast, coffee, lunch and afternoon coffee or tea. And kebabs during Thursdays…

As I write this post, I needed some real comfort and eggs as always won’t fail me. Ever…
So I whipped up an omelette.

Cured bacon, cured cheese, red onions, parsley and toasted wheat bread slices.

I’ve finished the hearty meal and felt good but not better.

Comfort Food

Allan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:08:00 +0000

Comfort food, according to Wikipedia are:

Familiar, simple foods that are usually home-cooked or eaten at informal restaurants. They are foods that are often emotionally significant to a person or group of people and are sometimes related to pleasant associations of childhood

A scene from Pixar’s Ratatouille sums this up very well:

Well, I have a couple of comfort food and most of it has egg as the primary component. I LOVE EGGS.

On top of my list is a dish called “Sarsiado” (soft scrambled eggs with onions & tomatoes). Here in Spain, the equivalent will be the huevos revueltos. And yes, it is a comfort food for me because as defined above it has an emotional significance and is nostalgic to my childhood.

After a stressful day or whatever it may be. When you feel everything seems to fail, comfort foods are there to offer a warm embrace and let you forget the anxieties of adult life. It helps us realize and appreciate again that the simple joys of life are really simple.

So what is your comfort food?

Please share it and as Anton Ego said, “Surprise me!”