Cooking Spanish Style

On Sunday our Program Director, Patricia hosted a cooking class at her house. We learned how to make a few typical Spanish dishes. The first is tortilla espanola, this is a must in Spanish culture. It contains onions, potatoes, and eggs (more of an omelette than a tortilla as we know it). It seems simple to make, but it is a bit difficult and the process is lengthy. Secondly, we made espinacas con piñones y pasas (spinach with pine nuts and raisins). This also took quite a while to make. This was may favorite dish out of all the ones we made. And of course we had to make the wonderful beverage to accompany our meal... Sangria. We put in a lot of fruit, as well as red wine, and an interesting twist, cinnamon. It was wonderful. For desert we made arroz con leche (Spanish rice pudding). This was extremely interesting to make beacue the milk, rice, cinnamon, and condensed milk is boiled with the peel of a lemon. I could only eat a little of this desert because I am not a big fan of milk. It was such a wonderful day in which we had another opportunity to enter into the culture. (Pictures of me will be coming soon.) Maybe I can try to make some of these things when I return because I have the recipies.