I decided that I wanted our first meal as part of the Euro 2012 Culinary Tour to highlight a country whose flavours I am familiar.
I absolutely adore Spanish cuisine. My meal repertoire includes paella (saffron rice), tortilla de patata (spanish tortilla), and chorizo with clams. I adore the flavours of saffron, smoked paprika, serrano ham, and chorizo sausage.
I chose to make the Tapas Feast highlighted in Jamie Oliver's Meal in Minutes and a Sangria from Martha Meets Lucy using my juicer to make fresh grapefruit juice.
Menu: - Tortilla de Patata - Glazed Chorizo Bites - Manchego Cheese & Cured Meats - Stuffed Peppers - Grapefruit Jalapeno Sangria.
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Growing up, June was my favourite month: I celebrated my birthday, the weather was getting warm, and school was over!
However, this was before I met my italian husband. Now, June is only my favourite month on a bi-yearly basis due to Euro or World Cup tournaments. The truth is: I absolutely loathe soccer. The final score is unexciting. 1-0? High scoring game! The entire house fills up with the buzz of screaming fans or vuvuzelas. My ears cannot handle the frequency of this background noise.
I have really tried to like the sport. I tried to gawk at the athletes, but the fact that they fall to the ground for minutes at a time after being brushed by another player makes me consider them to be wusses.
This year, I am doing two things to try and become mildly interested in the tournament: 1. I started a Euro 2012 pool at work and 2.I pledge to have 16 meals, each based upon the cuisine of the countries competing in Euro 2012!
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