Let me explain, my husband is Spanish and we live in Madrid, outside of work I NEVER speak English and i´m trying to be the best spanish wife (or la mejor mujer española) that I can be.
Part of this is learning how to cook all the typical Spanish dishes that will make the hubby happy and impress las señoras.
So I decided to start my Spanish culinary journey with an Empanada de atún! It´s basically a tuna and tomato pasty but it´s pretty delish so I gave it a go.
Now i´m not going to give you a recipe here, it´s pretty simple to make and you can easily do your own google search, plus i´m more of an inventing things and chucking it all in kind of a cook than the weighing out ingredients kind, but here are a few photos to prove I did it, and that i´m on my way to becoming the perfect Spanish wife!
This is the filling mix, and although it doesn´t look that appetising I promise it´s full of yummy things! (Tuna, red and green peppers, onion, garlic and tomato)
Next, you fill the pastry and put a hole in the middle, which i´m guessing is to let out steam and so it doesn´t blow up in the oven. (by the way i´m pretty impressed with the edging on my pastry, all done with my own two hands)
And here is the finished product, served with vegetables and cauliflower rice (which is basically cauliflower whizzed in the blender until it looks like rice)
I think I did a good job with my first ever empanada, the hubby said it was "muy rico" (very tasty) and he even ate two pieces and took some to work today too, but I think after letting out my inner domestic goddess yesterday i´ll go back to chucking ingredients into a pan tonight...
