tattum's kitchen

::Sea Day In El Molar. Part 2::

So for dinner I made these "Almejas a La Marinera" and  "Langostinos a la Plancha", for drink the classic  spanish summer special, (no, not Sangria) Tinto de Verano!

Almejas a La Marinera
The clams are very, very easy you only need: 4people

1kg of clams (1,5kg if like them a lot like me)
Parsley (hand full)
1 clove of garlic
400ml of white wine

in a sauce pan, fry the copped garlic and parsley don't let it burn. Add the clams and the wine. Put the lid on and after 10min all the clams will be opened and the will be ready to eat!

For the shrimps there no secret, just use your grill and sprinkle some cooking salt on top. They will be ready in 5min, they cook really fast.

and what about the Tinto de Verano?

Ice
Red Wine
Casera (or Sprite)

 

::Sea Day in El Molar. Part 1::

As soon as we got back from Britanny, I felt like something was missing... I had spend a relaxing and fresh week near the sea, having the most delicious plates of "Moules et Frittes", oysters and fresh fish....and now we where back home, in this hot and dry town...no sea in the horizon....oohhh...I wanna go back!!! I miss it sooo...
Well, as I was saying, as soon as we got back, we wen't to buy some fish to the "pescaderia". I must say that I had only cooked fish as sushi, (which is not cooked obviously) and once, only once many, many years ago back in Marbella. (I remembered the receipe  because it was very easy..)
So we bought this "Lubina", (Sea Bass in english, Bar in French) and we asked to the fishmonger (as a word, I do prefer poissoniere) to clean it for us...I also bought some "Almejas" (clams) and shrimps, quite big ones.
For lunch I prepared this easy dish of Lubina al Horno,

Ingredients
1 Lubina per person
2 tomatoes
1 onion
2 or 3 potatoes
salt pepper
olive oil
1 lemon
Herbs (thyme, rosemary)

I preheated to oven to 200º. In an oven pan you make a lay of sliced potatoes, (1/2cm slice) a lay of sliced tomatoes, and another lay of onions, on top of that you add the fish, with slices of lemon in the inside of the fish. you add the salt , pepper, the herbs and pour a little of olive oil on top of everything...20min the oven and you are done!!!