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Bernie Bobcat
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« on: January 04, 2012, 09:44:29 AM » |
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Alan & I love the soup that is served in Casa Emiliana up in Femes and we've recently discovered that they also serve a very similar version of it along the seafront, in one of the "very long" restaurants that gets a lot of punters! (It's a place with lots of green colour (including lots of plants hanging from the rafters) and there are about 7-8 waiters working the tables at all times. (I can remember so much apart from the name of the place!!!)
Anyhow, question is, does anyone know how to make this particular soup? They call it Canarian Stew, but if it was a Stew in Irish terms, I'd be looking for about six bowls to satisfy me. (And they'd have to dip a hunk of cow in too, as the original seems to be devoid of anything that you can sink your teeth into!)
From what we can gather, the soup is based on a beef stock though, and it has carrot, potato and puy lentils in it. I seem to get a flavour of curry powder from it too, but aside from that I'm stumped to know what makes it taste so darned good!
If it sounds familiar and anyone thinks they know how to make it, I'd love to hear from you!
Incidentally, I've tried making it with the ingredients as above, and while it was perfectly acceptable it didn't really hit the spot the way the original Lanzarote version does.
Thanks in advance!
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John B
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 09:50:21 AM » |
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Amazingly, I had it in Emiliano's yesterday lunchtime. As one of our number is veggie, I asked the waitress who assured me it had no meat or seafood in it, but perhaps beef stock doesn't count. It's really a broth more than a stew with no bits bigger than a sugar cube, and lentils were prominent.
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Bernie Bobcat
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 09:53:26 AM » |
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Ha ha! That's a gas coincidence John! You're dead right though, it is a "broth" and I must find out how to make it! I wonder is it just the length of time that the broth is cooked for that makes it so flavoursome? Anyhow, the challenge is on! I must get a recipe!  |
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2012, 21:13:19 PM » |
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I've had it in the Sociedad at Macher too. Lovely... but haven't found a recipe. And this one was definitely done with a meat based stock.
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Steve Cash
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2012, 21:33:11 PM » |
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Bernie Bobcat
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2012, 09:42:29 AM » |
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Thanks Steve for the link. Nice site that, but it's not quite the soup I'm looking for. If I had good Spanish I think I would ask the staff at Casa Emiliana for the recipe. Maybe I'll wait until I get a chance to bring Damian's little Spanish girl along for hols and then she can ask on my behalf! The one we're used to is very simple, which is why I wonder how come I couldn't get it right when I tried it at home. The clue may be in the "smokey paprika" which features in the recipe that you send me the link to Steve. I thought the aroma and taste were curry-like, but the more I think about it, the more I think they may give it the flavour with paprika which I understand is popular in Spanish cooking. Certainly when Henar (my son's girlfriend) saw it in my tub of spices she commented on how much her Dad likes using it on one of her favourite potato dishes when she is back home in Madrid. Anyhow, I think I'm going to give it another trial at home and if I haven't got it sussed by the time I go fly back to Playa Blanca (7 weeks, 6 days, 11 hours and 48 minutes to go!) I'll go ask someone to let me in on the secret! Cheers for the help anyhow guys!  |
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2012, 15:57:38 PM » |
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Amazingly, I had it in Emiliano's yesterday lunchtime. As one of our number is veggie, I asked the waitress who assured me it had no meat or seafood in it, but perhaps beef stock doesn't count. It's really a broth more than a stew with no bits bigger than a sugar cube, and lentils were prominent.
Two of our number were veggie and beef stock does count!! |
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Josie
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2012, 16:21:49 PM » |
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Didn't taste as if it had meat stock of any kind in it.
In fact it tasted a bit like the veggie chilli I made with green lentils and that had no meat stock either. Lots of onions, garlic, tomato puree, cans of various types of other Spanish tomato products, plus fresh chilli, chilli powder, ground cumin etc etc.
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John B
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2012, 20:13:51 PM » |
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Amazingly, I had it in Emiliano's yesterday lunchtime. As one of our number is veggie, I asked the waitress who assured me it had no meat or seafood in it, but perhaps beef stock doesn't count. It's really a broth more than a stew with no bits bigger than a sugar cube, and lentils were prominent.
Two of our number were veggie and beef stock does count!! Not to a Canarian. If it hasn't got a face, it's vegetarian |
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Bernie Bobcat
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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2012, 20:21:23 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2012, 00:42:05 AM » |
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But I thought cows had faces  And faeces, which means they also fit Madonnas definition of vegetarianism ("if it shits I don't eat it!") |
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Bernie Bobcat
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2012, 09:56:52 AM » |
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But I thought cows had faces And faeces, which means they also fit Madonnas definition of vegetarianism ("if it shits I don't eat it!") OMG! I'm starting to lose my appetite!  |
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John B
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2012, 10:19:33 AM » |
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Yes, cows have faces, but beef stock doesn't; so in the Canarian mind it's veggie |
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