Stale bread

Stale bread • Italian green peppers • garlic • chorizo sausage • ham • bacon • Olive oil • Tomato sauce

Stale bread (the harder, the better), about 2 rustic loaves • whole garlic cloves, unpeeled • medium green bell peppers • pork belly, each about 1/2 inch (1 cm) thick • Optional: 5 chorizo sausages, to taste • Optional: 4 blood sausages (morcilla), to taste • You can also serve on the side, according to personal preference: • Radishes, olives, flaked salt cod, herring, grapes, melon

stale bread (about 150 grams) • green bell peppers • garlic cloves • chorizo sausage • Pork belly (or bacon) • Grapes (optional) • Water • Salt • Olive oil

For the croquettes • milk (375 ml) • Manchego cheese (200 grams) • flour (40 grams) • Oil, salt, and pepper • For the coating • Crumb from stale bread to make panko • Flour • Beaten egg • Plenty of oil for frying

garlic • onion • ripe tomato • (about 1/2 inch thick) chorizo sausage • sweet paprika • Salt, to taste • water (600 ml) • egg • stale bread

cucumbers • extra virgin olive oil (about 60 ml) • vinegar (about 60 ml) • cold mineral water (about 120 ml) • plain yogurt, preferably Greek • small roll of stale bread • fresh basil leaves • fresh mint leaves • fresh dill if making tzatziki • blanched almonds • salt

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

large ripe tomatoes • papaya • mango • small piece of stale bread (I used seed crackers) • small garlic clove • lemon • olive oil (about 150 ml) • Salt

carrots (well-washed, including the peels) • medium potatoes (with skin if clean) • celery stalk with leaves • zucchini • onion • garlic clove • Salt and pepper to taste • water or vegetable broth (1 liter) • cooked rice (can be from the day before) • egg • breadcrumbs (you can toast and grind stale bread) • Salt, pepper, and spices to taste (oregano or parsley work well)

garlic, minced • stale bread (whole wheat is even better) (about 15 grams) • sweet paprika • ground cumin • Salt • cooked chickpeas (about 2.8 oz or 80 grams) • frozen spinach (about 6.3 oz or 180 grams) • chopped or crushed tomatoes • water (200 ml) • diced ham (about 1 oz or 30 grams)

large can cooked chickpeas • fresh spinach • garlic • stale bread • onion • ñora pepper paste or mild red pepper paste • crushed tomatoes • Cumin, to taste • sherry vinegar • ground almonds or 4 crushed almonds

For the meatballs • ground pork from the butcher (300 grams) • stale bread, soaked in water and squeezed dry (make sure it's not dripping) (50 grams) • large egg • sprigs of parsley, chopped • salt • black pepper • little lemon zest • Breadcrumbs (optional) • For cooking • olive oil • small onion •

Leftover rotisserie chicken • Seasoned chicken oil • butter (50 g) • all-purpose flour (50 g) • Nutmeg • Pepper • Olive oil • Salt • Stale bread • egg • All-purpose flour