Now, I should like to talk to you about a very typical dish from Cádiz, in the south west of Spain. It is the little omelette with shrimp inside.
According to Gonzalo Cordoba, the legendary creator of this recipe, to get it right the little omelette, when you take it in the pan, "you must gather it", as a small child, to leave it thin and crispy.
The famous restaurant, in Cádiz, “El Faro”, is known for its little omelettes with shrimp. In the picture below, you can see the King Juan Carlos I, with the President of Portugal, Mario Soares, and, in the middle, Gonzalo Córdoba.
Now, I am going to give you the Ingredients, for four persons: 250 gr. shrimp (very small prawn). 150 gr. wheat flour. 150 gr. chickpea flour. 1 bunch of parsley. olive oil.
To cook this fine dish, you have to follow the next steps: The first thing, that we will do, will be to put the two types of flour, in a bowl, with a little bit of salt, and will be adding water gradually, stirring constantly, until we have a dough, bended but liquid. We will add the shrimp and we will leave stand, during half an hour.
After that, we wash the bunch of parsley and chop it, as fine as we can; but only the leaves, without the branches. When the dough has rested, we add the chopped parsley.
Then, we put to heat, in a very broad and deep pan, about two fingers of olive oil; when hot, pour a tablespoon of the dough, let it brown on one side, and then we turn; when ready, we get it, to a tray, with paper towels.
When they are finished (the little omelettes), we drain well the oil and we eat them, while they are still warm.
And this one must be the resul:
Well, I hope that you want to try cooking this dish and, if it is possible, come to Cadiz, in order to eat the little omelettes in the restaurant “El Faro”.
Until my next post, kind regards,
Luis.
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