Spanish Dinner

My old roommate from Madrid, who is now living in D.C., was visiting over the last long weekend and we were supposed to go to Tamara’s in Astoria for spit-roasted lamb dinner, but due to weather constraints (ie: snow & sub-freezing temperatures) roasting a lamb over hot coals for 4 hours was not an option. The dinner was canceled and postponed to this past Sunday (which I enjoyed thoroughly). Anyhow, we instead opted to create our own home cooked dinner. In honor of the year we spent in Spain we made a few Spanish inspired dishes. On the menu included:

• Almond-stuffed dates wrapped in bacon
• Tortilla Española (Spanish omelet with potatoes)
• Pollo a la Sevillana (Chicken stewed with sherry and red bell peppers)

Here is one recipe to start off with. The others will be posted in the next couple days.

Almond-stuffed dates wrapped in bacon
Ingredients:

• Dates with the seeds removed
• salted & roasted almonds
• One half strip of bacon per date

Steps:

1. Stuff the dates with the almonds
2. Wrap the date with a half strip of bacon
3. Roast in the oven at 350 until the bacon is nice and crispy

Note: You can make this without the bacon as well and it is quite delicious and much more nutritious. It depends on how much of a bacon lover you are.