Claudia&Julia's Blog

I'm sure that you, like me, love surprising your guests with homemade desserts, but you also don't want to get too tied up in the kitchen because the main courses already keep you busy. For this reason, I have a good collection of desserts that can be prepared in advance and that are easy and impressive. This is the case of panna cotta, which is a typical Italian dessert.

If you combine the popular Mac&Cheese (macaroni and cheese) recipe with a beef ragù, you end up with a dish as tasty as the one Juana, from La Cocina de Babel, brings us today. I guarantee you'll be a hit!

At this time of year I love enjoying my barbecue and spending a pleasant time on my terrace. For me, cooking on the barbecue is a whole ritual: I light it, and while it heats up I lovingly prepare the ingredients, uncork a bottle of wine and the party begins. While my guests are finishing the appetizer, I keep cooking and chatting with them while my Weber barbecue takes care of everything.

Beatriz, author of To Be Gourmet, brings us a truly authentic recipe: a marmitako made in a casserole. Marmitako is a stew based on bonito and accompanied by onion, potatoes, pepper, and tomato. Be sure to make it at home—classics endure for a good reason!

Today we bring you a very special recipe: sea bream with citrus is an alternative and truly tasty version of the traditional sea bream with lemon recipe. And it's not only lemon that tastes delicious with fish!

Today I want to talk to you about frying pans that can go in the oven. They are pans we usually use on the stovetop, but because of certain features they can also be used in the oven. It’s an added benefit they have, as they offer a lot of advantages.

What we know here as torrijas are known in the English-speaking world as French toasts and in France as pain perdu. In all cases the idea is to make use of bread or cakes from the day before, but in the case of French toasts and pain perdu the cooking is done in a frying pan with a little butter and they are lighter than traditional torrijas fried in oil. Today's recipe is a version of the popular French toasts but using croissants and baking them in mini cocottes. As you'll see, it's a very easy recipe to make that is truly delicious when served with caramelized banana. So addictive!

This recipe, traditional in the south of Spain, was once cooked with the tail of fighting bulls. It was one of the least noble and cheapest cuts... but it produced a dish that called for "Olé, olé and olé!".

It's a good day to remember a classic from our cuisine! Today Luisa Morón (Cocinando con mi Carmela) brings us the recipe for the traditional Asturian fabada, a dish for spoon, knife, and fork, full of flavor and energy.

Today I bring you a recipe that pays homage to spices: a very tasty lamb curry that will fill the house with aromas to whet the whole family's appetite and make you enjoy a great time at the table.

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!