Spain

     So I finished learning about Spanish cuisine last week, and I have to say that I love this cuisine. The food is very complex, but not fancy or super refined like French cuisine is. There's so many influences including Jewish, Muslim and Christian traditions. Spain is the largest country of the Iberian Peninsula, which has easy access to the Mediterranean, Morroco, France, and the Americas.The Moors from Morocco and the Roman's have probably influenced Spanish cooking more than anything else, and the Americas provided many ingredients which are now staples in Spain.

  In class we made Gazpacho, braised pork with dried fruit, rice pudding, monkfish with romesco sauce, castilian garlic soup, paella, and we created a tapas menu with a large variety of items. 

 Gazpacho

 Braised Pork with dried fruit and roasted potatoes with homemade pita bread

     Tapas menu: Stuffed green olives, herb-marinated manchego cheese, calamari with caramelized onions, Serrano ham fritters, bacalao hash, and garlic shrimp

    Paella with with chicken, rabbit, sausage, green and lima beans, tomatoes etc.