Guides & Recipes

Straight answers from Spaniards: how to choose, carve and keep jamón, and the home recipes we grew up with.

Recipes

Pimientos Rellenos de Carne: Spanish Stuffed Peppers

Spanish stuffed red peppers with a seasoned beef and pork filling, baked in tomato sauce. Easy pimientos rellenos de carne recipe for six.

Recipes

Pisto Manchego Recipe: Spanish Ratatouille

Pisto manchego, Spain's slow-cooked vegetable stew of peppers, zucchini and tomato in olive oil. Easy recipe, served with a fried egg or Manchego.

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Lentejas Estofadas Recipe: Spanish Lentil Stew with Chorizo

Spanish lentil stew with chorizo, paprika and vegetables. A one-pot lentejas estofadas recipe for six, no soaking needed.

Recipes

Cachopo Recipe: Asturian Stuffed Veal Cutlet

Make cachopo at home: two big veal cutlets stuffed with Serrano ham and melting cheese, breaded and fried until golden. Easy Asturian recipe.

Guides

The Gift for Someone Who Has Everything: A Whole Spanish Ham

The gift for someone who has everything: a whole Spanish ham on its stand. Which Cinco Jotas leg or gift box to choose, what it costs and how to send it.

Guides

Spanish Christmas Food: What to Eat and Order in the US

What Spaniards eat from Nochebuena to Three Kings: turrón, jamón, cheese and roscón de Reyes, plus Spanish Christmas gifts that ship across the US.

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Spanish Turrón Guide: Jijona vs Alicante and IGP Labels

Spanish turrón explained: soft Jijona vs hard Alicante, what the IGP Suprema and Extra labels mean, how to serve it, and where to buy it in the US.

Recipes

San Jacobos Recipe: Spanish Ham and Cheese Cutlets

Crispy San Jacobos: two thin pork cutlets filled with Serrano ham and melting cheese, breaded and fried. Step-by-step Spanish recipe for 4.

Guides

What to Do With a Ham Bone: The Spanish Way

Finished your jamón? Keep the bone. How to cut and freeze it, make a Spanish broth, which stews use it, and why dogs can't have it.

Guides

Manchego Cheese Guide: Ages, DOP, How to Serve and Pair

What real Manchego DOP is, how semicurado, curado and viejo differ, how to spot the real thing, and how to serve and pair it like in Spain.

Guides

How to Store a Whole Spanish Ham Once Opened

How to store a whole jamón once you start cutting it: where to keep it, how to cover it, how long it lasts and what to do with leftovers.

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How to Carve a Jamón Step by Step: Tools and Technique

Learn how to carve a whole Spanish ham: tools, stand position, maza, babilla and punta, thin slices and what to do with the bone.

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