Tapas!

Since we came back from Spain, we've been wanting to host another tapas night. We invited over my sisters, Leah and Kay, and my cousin Sara and their significant others to share some of the bounty we brought back from our trip.

We started off with some cold tapas. Some olives, pan con tomate, and assorted meats we brought back from Spain: Jamon Iberico, Chorizo, and Morcilla (Spanish blood sausage). Surprisingly the blood sausage was actually the biggest hit out of all the meats! We then had some "soup and salad", heirloom tomato gazpacho shooters and a salad made out of diced granny smith apples, Murcia ("Drunken Goat") cheese, walnuts, and olive oil.

For our hot tapas, we had some Pimientos de Padrón (probably my favorite of all tapas), Chorizo in red wine, Gambas al Ajillo (shrimp in garlic), and green beans with pine nuts. Finally, we had the paella, which had chicken, shrimp, chorizo, peas, red peppers, and clams. It was pretty good but I find I still prefer mussels to clams.


We drank a whole bunch of Spanish wines, but alas I don't remember which ones. All in all, a fun party and a successful meal. Good times!

Cheese Night

We still had some leftover Brillat-Savarin and Rogue River Blue from our Champagne night, so just decided to have some wine and cheese the following week. Along with those two cheeses, I got some L'Edel de Cleron and aged gouda from Milk Pail and we were set!

Since this was also our dinner, Uly didn't want to go without meat. We had some Chorizo Iberico and Jamon Iberico that we had brought back with us from Spain, as well as some pate. For wine, we drank a Mayo Vineyards Cabernet 2006.