Leaf fresh garlic

large can white beans, cooked (about 28 ounces or 800 grams) • green onion • garlic • chorizo sausage • Some diced cured ham • Salt • Olive oil • Some pieces of green bell pepper • sweet paprika • dried cayenne pepper • bay leaf • Dried garlic

chicken (240 grams) • rice (about 3 1/2 oz or 100 grams) • onion • garlic clove • mushrooms (80 grams) • bay leaf • chipotle chili sauce • mayonnaise • shredded cheese blend (40 grams) • flour tortillas • olive oil • black pepper •

oxtail or veal tail (1 kg) • large onion • Mixed pieces of green, red, and yellow bell pepper • carrot • ripe tomatoes • leek • bay leaf • garlic • Ground and whole black pepper • dry red wine (about 1 1/4 cups or 250–300 ml) • beef broth or water (about 475–600 ml) • Salt •

flour (about 500 grams) • yeast • egg • salt • warm water • sardines (about 270 grams) • tomato • onion and garlic • Black pepper, parsley, bay leaf, salt, and wine vinegar • oil for frying

pig’s feet, cut into quarters • onion • tomatoes • red bell pepper • green bell pepper • garlic cloves • olive oil (about 45 ml) • bay leaves • Herbes de Provence (such as thyme, basil, oregano, savory, etc.) • Salt • White wine • For the picada: 6 almonds, 6 hazelnuts, 1 garlic clove, and 1 small slice of fried bread

small whiting (capellán), filleted and boned • onions • small handful whole black peppercorns • bay leaves • dry white wine (about 80 ml) • apple cider vinegar • water (about 80 ml) • dried pebrella (or substitute dried oregano if unavailable) • Extra virgin olive oil • Salt and ground black pepper • Fresh parsley • Lemon juice for the fish •

(about 2 2/3 cups) dried chickpeas or large chickpeas • small pig's foot • onion • garlic • green bell pepper • small ripe tomato • whole black peppercorns • paprika • (about 2/3 cup or 150 ml) white or rosé wine • bay leaf • dried thyme • good-quality chorizo sausage •

dried giant lima beans (about 500 grams) • bay leaves • Vegan chorizo, to taste • organic tomato (optional) • organic garlic (optional) • Ground cumin, to taste (optional) • Smoked paprika, to taste (optional) • Homemade vegetable broth • Filtered water

oxtail (about 1 kg) • carrots, sliced • onion, chopped • red bell pepper, chopped • garlic • red wine (about 240 ml) • Salt, flour • bay leaf

oxtail, cut into pieces (about 3 1/3 lbs or 1.5 kg) • red wine (500 ml) • green bell pepper • red bell pepper • onion • carrots • leek • ripe tomato • garlic cloves • celery stalk • bay leaves • ground black pepper •

chickpeas (about 200 grams) • tomatoes • eggs • spinach (about 150 grams) • onion • potatoes • garlic • sweet paprika • hot paprika • cumin • bay leaves • vegetable broth (1 liter) •

chicken • beef (such as chuck roast or eye of round), or your preferred cut (about 1 kg) • carrots • –4.5 oz green beans (about 100–125 grams) • onion • –5 cloves garlic • tomato • Fresh parsley • Celery and leek • –3.5 oz chickpeas (about 75–100 grams) • bouillon cubes • Fresh herb sprigs (such as mint or marjoram) •

washed potatoes • chorizo sausage • bay leaves • sweet onion • garlic cloves • sweet paprika • ripe Muchamiel tomatoes (or other ripe tomatoes) • Extra virgin olive oil • Salt

macaroni or penne (about 150 grams), 1 bay leaf • homemade tomato sauce, Fresh chorizo sausage • garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon paprika, 1/4 cup white wine (about 60 ml), Olive oil

red beans • Asturian-style chorizo sausages • ham • salt pork • water (about 1.5 liters) • olive oil • salt • ground pepper (5 pepper blend, if available) • tomato • onion • garlic • potato •

oxtail or beef (about 1,200 grams) • onions • carrots • garlic cloves • celery stalk • vine tomatoes • Small piece of leek • red bell pepper • all-purpose flour • red wine (about 710 ml) • beef broth (about 475 ml) • bay leaves •

oxtail or beef tail (I buy frozen bags at the grocery store and the result is very good) • large onion • red bell pepper and 1/2 green bell pepper • carrots (3 if they are small) • large garlic cloves • bay leaves • very ripe tomatoes • leeks • oloroso sherry (about 500 ml) • Salt, oil, and pepper • As a personal touch, 2 tablespoons beef extract (such as Bovril) help enhance the flavor and darken the sauce

ground beef (250 grams) • onion • garlic • bomba rice (200 grams) • red bell peppers • crushed tomatoes (150 grams) • beef broth (200 ml) • white wine • bay leaf • sweet paprika (preferably smoked) • threads of saffron • Salt, to taste •

frozen hake fillets • chopped onion • chopped green bell pepper • small chopped red bell pepper • potatoes, cut as for a Spanish omelet • garlic, chopped • green peas • bay leaf • white wine (60 ml) • Olive oil • Water • Salt

eggs • large potatoes • garlic • extra virgin olive oil • beef bouillon cube • dry sherry (about 60 ml) • water (about 120 ml) • cornstarch • bay leaf • salt • ground black pepper

cooked spinach • cooked chickpeas • bread • cumin • sweet paprika • bay leaves • garlic cloves • white wine (120 ml) • Salt and olive oil

pork loin cutlets (or pork loin roast) (about 600 grams) • extra virgin olive oil (80 ml) • Salt and ground black pepper • For the sauce: • garlic cloves • onion • piquillo peppers • tomato • beef bouillon cube • white or red wine (200 ml) • milk (200 ml) • bay leaves

ripe conference pears, peeled and cored • fresh mint leaves • cucumber, peeled and diced • onion, cut into wedges • green bell pepper, cut into large chunks • stale bread, soaked and squeezed dry (optional) (about 20 grams) • small garlic clove, germ removed • cold water (500 ml) • olive oil • vinegar • salt

cucumber • Golden Delicious apple • green bell pepper • mint leaves • garlic clove • water (400 ml) • apple cider vinegar (30 ml) • Salt • olive oil (100 ml) • Optional: sugar

cooked large white beans (about 700 g drained, or 3 cups drained) • cleaned baby squid (about 250 g) • white wine (about 150 ml) • tomato • green onion • garlic clove • bay leaves • chopped bell pepper (red and green, about 50 g) • sweet paprika • all-purpose flour • chicken bouillon cube (or fish bouillon cube for a stronger seafood flavor) • olive oil •

vacuum-packed oxtail (from any grocery store) • red bell pepper • sweet onion • carrots • Black pepper • bay leaf • whole cloves • Salt, to taste • White wine • Red wine • shallots • garlic cloves

pinto beans (about 250 grams) • garlic • onion • small onions • medium carrot • bay leaf • slices of chorizo sausage • slices of bacon • sweet paprika • Salt • Olive oil

pork shoulder roast (ask the butcher to tie it with butcher’s twine, if possible) • garlic • little black pepper • Plenty of thyme • Olive oil • onion • bay leaf • Dry sherry wine (oloroso type) • whole cloves • Water

pork tenderloin, about 1.1 lbs (500 grams) • oranges • lemon • lime • –0.7 oz achiote paste (15–20 grams) • dried ancho chile • butter (25 grams) • Cilantro • garlic • Corn tortillas • Guacamole • bay leaf •

cooked lentils (about 350 grams; I use canned) • potatoes • carrots • Italian green pepper • red bell pepper • onion • garlic clove • Chicken broth (enough to cover the lentils) • Asturian compango (pork shoulder, bacon, Spanish chorizo, and blood sausage) • bay leaf • Salt and pepper