Tuesday 26 February 2013

Fideos En Cazuela.


So, this is pasta with peas, chicken and pork chops.  In fact, it has sausages in it as well and basically used the amount of meat we might buy in a typical week all in one meal!!!

For this month's Random Recipes, Dom gave us something of a free-reign.  I decided to randomly choose a recipe from the beautiful book - The Food Of Spain by Claudia Roden.  I got the book for Christmas from my lovely husband but hadn't actually managed to make anything from it yet.



I may not have chosen this recipe if I hadn't picked it for Random Recipes.  I don't generally do pasta and meat unless it spag bol.  I'm just not entirely tempted by it.  We did manage to make it last two nights but, even then, it really was a big dent out of our food budget with the sheer amount of meat in it.  You can use rabbit instead of the chicken and I would certainly do this next time I found rabbit available in the butcher - I think the rabbit flavour would complement it perfectly.

You basically cook half a ton of meat then add it to the pasta and peas with a sauce of onions, peppers, tomatoes and garlic and chicken stock.  At the end you stir through a picada - paste made with hazelnuts, garlic, parsley and saffron.  Certainly there was LOADS of flavour in this meal to go with the huge amounts of meat and the kids loved it because it was pasta.  I did like it but I think I am going to have to adapt a bit to suit my tastes and budget a little better.  I loved the flavours in it but I wonder if I might prefer it made with rice or another carbohydrate rather than the pasta.  I will certainly use the picada for something else - it was very tasty.


Hmmm, I wonder if I might need to stop posting pics of my kids now they are at school? This might be the last pic of my wee ones on here. I might need to be more like Little Macaroon who shows The Boss in pictures but keeps her partially hidden.  Probably sensible. 


7 comments:

  1. mmmmmmmmMEATASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... packed full of meat... can't be a bad thing and I adore Claudia Roden too, she writes beautifully and her recipes are wonderful... a lovely entry and an adorable photo of the little one... it's sad that you even have to think about hiding them away but I think it's probably for the best... maybe just from the back of the head or a cheeky eye?.... thanks so much for entering this month... it's never quite the same without you xx

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  2. That picada stuff sounds amazing! Do you just make it like pesto? Can you use it in a similar way? Mmmmmm

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  3. Yum! I am loving this dish! It may be a lot of meat, but oh, man! May have to research Claudia Roden, as I have not seen much by her. I do have a fideos recipe very similar to this ... always a crowd pleaser! Little sprite is clearly enjoying supper!

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  4. I was intrigued by the title. That is a lot of meat, but it sounds delicious and I am interested in the picada stuff too.

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  5. The Picada sounds really interesting. I'll have to give it a go. GG

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  6. I agree that the picada sounds delicious. I'm a pasta fiend but might try it with less meat - possibly just chicken? Or even meat free, if that wouldn't be changing the character of the dish too much.

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  7. Those fideos en cazuela look amazing! Ah! So yummy! How are you? We've missed you at "The Cake Slice" so much! Your beautiful cakes and your thoughtful comments are very much needed! :) I hope you'll join us soon! All the cakes of the book have been real winners! Trust me! I am sorry the first one didn't deliver for you... hopefully you'll find renewed interest to bake with us soon!

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