And so we spend our last week inMedina de Pomar with the other half of the family.Weather has been so typical of this region with sunshine in the morning then huge electrical storms around 6 o clock.
Medina is a small village.Lots of small farms where you can find lots of potato fields,beans ,tomatoes and onions.The amount of walnut trees is amazing.At the moment they are all green and the thought did cross my mind to make some pickled green walnuts but................
Also lots of cherries around here and at the moment the market place is filled with loads of these delicious berries.
Like I have said before ,each family has their own recipe for paella and my brother in law cooked us a delicious one.He prefers to keep it simple and not mix the flavours too much so it consisted of prawns,calamari,mussels and clams.Cooked this over a low heat together with lots of garlic then added the rice and sauteed it until all the rice grains were coated in oil.Finally fish stock was added together with saffron ,the most expensive spice in the world.It was really simple but oh so moreish.
Life is rather slow around here.Something I am not used to.However with the long days dinner is late,around 10pm and bedtime way after midnight.Going to find it quite hard to get back into the swing of things once we are home.
Visited a market yesterday morn where there were lots of cured meats,olive oils,bacalao (salted cod ) and many othere delicasies to buy.
Saturday night ofcourse was a big night here in spain with the world cup.We had some friends around and I made pizzas for all.Finding fresh yeast here is like looking for a needle in a haystack but after many stops,we finally found some.
Some of the "panaderia's" here dont make their bread anymore but instead buy in the ready prepared baguette and just pop it into their ovens unlike before where everyone used to make their own bread and you would have your favorite baker.I find this very sad as bread making is so close to my heart and I really think that it is one of the simplest and most enjoyable items of food to produce from ones kitchen.
Simple ingredients flour,yeast,salt and water is transformed into something magical.Where are all the old traditions going?
Anyway we will enjoy our last few days here before we head back down south.Will enjoy the last of the wonderful food and wine.
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