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Spanish Tapas Selection

HB-5140 · Hand-built original · Spanish

Spanish Tapas Selection — the dish itself.
Served with its “pairs well with” suggestions: crusty bread, green salad, white wine.

A Spanish-style spread of garlic prawns, garlic mushrooms, fried chorizo, marinated olives and a cured ham and cheese board.

SpanishAppetizer1 hrServes 6342 kcalEgg-freeDiabetic

Main ingredient: ham

Pairs well with: crusty bread, green salad, white wine

Servings:6quantities adjust to match

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 4 garlic cloves - 3 smashed (, 1 minced)
  • 8 oz raw prawns (, peeled)
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • Finely chopped parsley
  • Optional: lemon
  • 1/4 cup olive oil ((4½ Tbsp))
  • 4 garlic cloves - 3 smashed (, 1 minced)
  • 10 oz Swiss brown or other small mushrooms
  • Finely chopped parsley
  • 2 (~8oz) chorizos (, sliced )
  • 1/2 tsp olive oil
  • 8 oz plump black and green olives
  • 1 clove garlic (, minced)
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 2 tsp Lemon or orange zest
  • 1/3 cup olive oil ((5½ Tbsp))
  • 1 tsp fresh rosemary leaves ((or 1/2 tsp dried oregano or 1 tsp fresh thyme))
  • Jamon cured ham
  • Manchego Spanish Cheese
  • White Anchovies
  • Spanish omelette, to serve
  • Bread (, Olive oil, Lemon wedges)
  • La Mesa Y Los Amigos Tempranillo Spanish Wine ((great with tapas!))

Method

  1. Warm the olive oil with the smashed garlic, add the prawns and chilli flakes and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until pink; scatter with parsley and serve with lemon.
  2. Cook the mushrooms in olive oil with garlic until golden and tender; scatter with parsley.
  3. Fry the chorizo slices in a little olive oil until crisp at the edges and the oil has coloured.
  4. Toss the olives with garlic, chilli flakes, citrus zest, olive oil and rosemary and leave to marinate, ideally overnight.
  5. Arrange the cured ham, cheese and anchovies on a board with bread, olive oil and lemon wedges, and serve everything together.

Prep: 30 min · Cook: 30 min · Total: 60 min

Nutrition (per serving, where published)

342 kcalCalories
2 gProtein
6.3 gCarbs
35.4 gFat
5.4 gSaturates
2.9 gFibre
0.9 gSugars
617 mgSodium
0 mgCholesterol
325 mgPotassium
60 mgCalcium
0.5 mgIron
1 servingServing

Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data

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