Monday, January 31, 2011

Quick Patatas Bravas

This is an easy dish once you have all the components made!

1. Make home-made spicy tomato sauce (Saute in olive oil onions with salt, pepper and cayenne. Add canned, pealed tomatoes, garlic, tomato paste, Italian herbs. Puree. Best if let sit over night for flavors to infuse. )


2. Make home-made mayonnaise (All ingredients must be at room temperature. Whisk together one egg yolk, dash of dijon or creole mustard, small squeeze of lemon juice, dash of salt, dash of Worcestershire, dash of Tabasco. While whisking add olive oil until the mixture becomes thick, creamy and tasty. Adjust seasoning as desired.)

Mix equal parts mayo with spicy tomato sauce. Adjust seasoning.


Roast cubed potatoes in a 375 degree oven until crispy on the outside (tender inside). I use a variety of potatoes: Red McClure, La Ratte, Charlotte, and French Fingerling.


Just before serving pour the sauce onto the potatoes. Add chopped fresh parsley as a garnish.


Enjoy!




Drink with a full bodied Spanish rose! Or a rustic Ribera del Duero red.