Embutido (Sari’s)
Ate Sari is my friend in the PH. She is a retired cook—with a star-studded experience of having worked for expat households along ADB Avenue in Manila and the UN […]
Category Archives: Hispanic
Viva España!
A trip to Spain in autumn did not disappoint—28C when it was already 15C in the UK—not bad at all! And staying in a lovely villa made the holiday really […]
Picadillo (Cuban inspired)
This is starting to look like a favourite as it seems I have been making this more often than I should (click here for the recipe). Or perhaps it is […]
Lucy’s Magdalenas
A wonderful discovery from Lithuanian in the USA. I’ve baked this twice already. I noticed that the yields vary–probably because of the eggs I used (or the way I whipped […]
Gina’s galletas
I got this recipe from another blogger–Gina of Gina’s Joys. It’s her mom’s recipe really, but for my easy reference I’ll just call it Gina’s galletas. I love this! Very […]
Picadillo and giniling are the same!
‘Just made giniling again–didn’t know this is also called picadillo! Well, this is the Filipino version, of course 😉 I usually skip the raisins, but this time I added them. […]
Chicken afritada
Ingredients: oil for sauteing 3 cloves garlic (minced) 1 onion (julienned) 1 large red capsicum (julienned)–I used green as that was the only one I had 4-6 fresh tomatoes (or […]
Beef giniling
Giniling means ground, or ground meat; it is also synonymous to this particular dish of ground pork or beef. I can’t remember anymore the exact measurements I used for this, […]
Escabeche (fish escabeche)
Oh I’ve always loved this–the mingling of sweet, sour and salty tastes! This was one dish that made me voluntarily finish my meal when I was a child! Ingredients: 4 […]
Leche flan
Leche flan is not creme caramel. This is richer, thicker, heavier and milkier. You would only need a small slice to satisfy your sweet craving! Below is the leche flan […]
