We have just finished dinner. We cooked up fresh seafood we bought at the Mercado Abastas this morning. It took us three laps of the seafood section to pick a stand that had a good selection of everything we wanted and a person manning it that didn't look too intimidating. Seafood is shockingly cheap here and we were blown away by the sheer size of some of the offerings. We saw a section of swordfish that would have easily been 30cm in diameter, lots of big tuna and whole sharks. I'll take some photos on our next visit.
I started by sautéing finely chopped garlic, leeks and dried chili in a decent amount of extra virgin olive oil. Then we added pipis, mussels and half a glass of cava. After letting that simmer for a minute or two I added sliced pieces of squid and half a tin of diced tomatoes. A minute or two before serving I chucked in some hacked up pieces of sea bream (neither of us have filleted a fish before and we only had a chef's knife on hand) and freshly minced parsley and lemon rind. Oh there was also some al dente pasta thrown in but that kinda got lost in the mix.
Not to toot my own horn too much, but I have to say it was pretty darn good! My enjoyment of the meal was probably elevated by the top soundtrack, we were joined by Elvis, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and Little Richard.
We drank Juve y Camps Reserva de la Familia, Brut Cava, 2007 €13. C- pale straw, fine but not very persistent bead, N- very savoury notes of yeast capsicum, P- very dry, hint of green apples.
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