Cocido Madrileño - A Spanish Winter Dish | Euromaxx a la carte

chorizo

🥗Healthier: turkey chorizo

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey chorizo is lower in fat, while smoked sausage provides a similar flavor.

blood sausage

🥗Healthier: mushrooms

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Mushrooms add umami without the fat of blood sausage, while ground beef is more economical.

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner, and pork can be less expensive than beef.

chickpeas

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Lentils cook faster and are often cheaper than dried chickpeas.

At 2 PM in Madrid, it's lunchtime and restaurants are busy.

The dish being prepared is Cocido Madrileño, using a recipe from the owner's great-grandmother.

The ingredients include 1 chicken drumstick, 1 ham bone, a chunk of beef from the shoulder, chickpeas, 1/2 potato, a piece of bacon, and chorizo sausage.

All ingredients are placed into an earthenware pot and covered with water.

No spices are added, not even salt or pepper, which is surprising for Spain.

The pot is monitored for evaporation, and water is added repeatedly during cooking.

The stew is ideally simmered for 6 hours for the best flavor.

Cabbage is served as a side dish, cooked in olive oil and garlic.

Noodles are cooked separately and served with the stew broth.

The dish is served in the following order: first the noodles with the stew broth, then the meat with beans, cabbage, and a little tomato sauce.

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