Claudia&Julia's blog

It's artichoke season and Beatriz (author of To Be Gourmet) makes the most of them with this fabulous artichoke risotto recipe. Plus, with a touch of ham you'll discover a contrast you'll fall in love with. Enjoy it as much as we do!

Lemon curd is a typical English cream made from lemon juice and eggs. It has a fantastic tangy note that makes it ideal for filling cakes, tartlets or accompanying simple toast. It also pairs very well with plain yogurt, cream, ice cream… The combinations are endless!

Le Creuset brings a selection of products perfect for enjoying spices, plus some recipes to inspire you. Enjoy!

Chicken "en pepitoria" is a recipe you're sure to really enjoy at home. Pepitoria consists of cooking the meat enriched with hard‑boiled egg yolk and ground almonds. This combination is especially delicious when you also bathe the chicken with a bit of stock and wine and let it simmer away. It's a very easy recipe to follow, brought to us by Carmen (Yerbabuena en la cocina) just as her family tradition taught her. Enjoy!

If there’s a perfect day to make a sweet recipe, it’s Valentine’s Day: sharing a delicious dessert is as romantic as it gets! Since it’s a day to enjoy, not to be stuck in the kitchen, the recipe Lola brings us (from the blog Loleta) is as easy and quick to prepare as it is appealing: strawberry clafoutis recipe — you’ll love it!

The recipe Miriam brings us (El invitado de invierno) is one of those we love: a very traditional pâté de campagne that you'll thoroughly enjoy simply accompanied by good bread. Enjoy your meal!

Luisa Morón (Cocinando con mi Carmela) brings us a classic you'll love for its simplicity and yet intense flavor. This is a pork curry recipe (which you can also make with beef), a great option both for everyday meals and for more festive occasions.

French tradition says that on February 2nd crêpes should be prepared. They can be sweet or savory, but when making them the crêpes must be flipped with one hand while two coins are held in the other. Those two coins are wrapped in the crêpe and kept that way for an entire year, and the next year the coins are given to the poor.

Grills are an indispensable utensil when it comes to light cooking, but they also allow you to cook many more recipes than you might initially imagine. Today I bring you 3 great recipes, which can serve as a starter, a main course, and a dessert, to inspire you with their possibilities. Enjoy!

Surely many of you have heard of the traditional American pancakes, although here we usually refer to them as tortitas or panqueques. They are a kind of flat, sweet bread, or you can also think of them as a small-diameter, thicker crêpe.

The seafood salpicón is a really impressive recipe: it works as both a delicious starter and a light first course that will make you look great. Virginia, author of Sweet&Sour, brings us her tips for preparing it, you’ll love it!

Seafood cream soup is a wonderful recipe to enjoy at Christmas celebrations, as well as on Sundays and other holidays. This recipe is brought to us by Luisa, author of Cocinando con mi Carmela, and I'm sure you'll love it.