Pork Stew from Cáceres

 The recipe I bring today, pork stew, is very typical in Cáceres, together with the lamb stew.

This is a traditional stew that you can eat every day or in special days.

Ingredients:

- 1/2 kilo pork meat cut into cubes.

- 2 onion.

- 2 carrots.

- 1 green pepper.

- oil.

- 2 potatoes.

- Salt.

- 1 Glass of water.

- 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce.

- 1 choricero pepper.

- a dash of red wine.

- Black Pepper.

- Thyme.

- Paprika.

Method:

1- Cut the green pepper and the onion into cubes, sautée in a frying pan with some oil until the onion is done.

2- Add the meat, salt, paprika ,pepper and the meat cook at medium heat until the meat changes the colour.

3- Add the tomato, chiricero pepper and water.

Add a dash of wine and the carrots cut into 1 cm slices. Cook for half an hour at medium heat without a lid.

4- Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes, fry in a pan with a little oil and salt.                                                                  

5- Turn off the heat of the casserole with the meat, add the fried potatoes over the meat, mix well , with the heat of the stew the potatoes will soften.

Now you can serve and taste!

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Receta en Español

Cáceres

Zorongollo from Extremadura

Zorongollo is a roasted pepper and tomatos salad, very famous in Extremadura, La Vera region is the place were this salad is well known. This salad is consumed as a side dish that accompanies meet ,specially 'lamb or pork caldereta'.

This is super easy and tasty.

Ingredients:

- 1 Red Pepper.

- 1/2 onion.

- 2 small tomatos.

- 1 garlic clove.

- oil.

- vinager.

- Salt.

- 1 egg.

Method:

1- Sprinkle some oil and salt over the surface of the pepper and tomatos, roast in the oven together with the clove of garlic.

I used the microwave function roast + micro , 25 minutes are enough.

Let get cool.

2- Cut the onions , put it in a bowl with water, this will soften its taste.

3- Peel the pepper and tomatos, cut the pepper in slices, get rid of the pepper and tomato seeds, put both in a dish , add the garlic cut in little pieces and the onion into strips.

Add a boiled egg as you can see on the picture:

4- Now it is time to prepare the dressing , put the liquid of the roasted peppers in a bowl, add oil, salt and vinager, mix well and pour the dressing over the salad.

You can also watch the recipe at my Youtube Channel:

Here you have a link to my favourite cooking tools where you can find my spices grinder:  

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Receta en Español

Cáceres