Basque Cake

  A typical dessert from Basque cuisine with sablé dough and a delicious cream filling   Ingredients For the sablé dough: 300 grams of flour 1 teaspoon of salt 120 grams of softened butter 200 grams of sugar 2 eggs 10 grams of baking powder 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract For the cream filling: 400 milliliters of milk 100 milliliters of cream 50 grams of cornstarch 5 egg yolks 100 grams of sugar 1 orange   Instructions For the sablé dough: Sift the flour, baking powder, and…


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Basque-style baby eels

Basque-style baby eels served in an earthenware dish   Recipe Basque-style baby eels For many Basque families, like ours, baby eels must be part of the Christmas Eve menu   Ingredients for 4 people: 400 g of baby eels 3 cloves of garlic 1 dried chilli pepper Extra virgin olive oil   Peel the garlic and cut into slices. Do the same with the dried chilli. Heat a cast iron frying pan with a little oil, adding the garlic and chilli. When the garlic begins to brown slightly, add…


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Santo Tomás Festival

people shopping at the Santo Tomás Festival stalls   Euskadi Gastronomika Santo Tomás Festival   The day of Santo Tomás, a day in which the rural atmosphere reigns, marks the beginning of Christmas. It is celebrated in many towns throughout the Basque Country, although the most popular places are San Sebastian, Bilbao, Azpeitia, Lekeitio, Errenteria, Irun, Hondarribia, Usurbil and Arrasate/Mondragón. When is Santo Tomás celebrated? Traditionally, most towns and cities such as Bilbao…


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Recipe: Baby leeks with pumpkin mash

  Leeks have a reputation for being tasteless and bland, but in this recipe we vindicate them and make the most of their flavour. As a luxury side dish, roasted pumpkin, which adds sweetness to the dish   Probably one of the best and most useful skills a person can acquire in the kitchen, whether at home or professionally, is the ability to elevate a simple ingredient to a higher level, making the most of its flavour, playing with its texture and presenting it in well-combined…


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The bean festival is back in Tolosa

  Beans, "cuadrillas" and "trikitilaris" will take to the streets of Tolosa on 15th November to celebrate the Basque festival   We are looking forward to it, and no wonder. After two years without being able to celebrate one of the town's big days, Tolosa is getting ready for the traditional bean competition, the popular 'alubiadas' and the 'Euskal Jaia' atmosphere to which we are accustomed. For several years now, the Day of the Bean has been celebrated to the rhythm of the Euskal…


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