First couple of times I tried Sobrasada, I thought it was only mildly more appetizing than sucking prawns out of brains, sorry, other way round – it’s the vino tinto coursing through my veins.
You see I just got back from the local ‘Extremeño‘, the Extremaduran bar on the corner, where they do the most fantastic ‘tostas‘ – bits of toast with marvellously delicious things on top.
This time Sobrasada (sort of mushy Chorizo) and warm Brie – that and a glass (OK 2… and a beer in the park… I’m trying to relax por dios), and uno está muy, pero MUY contento.
Can’t help thinking though, Brie being French, could this be Nuevo Cocina? Is Madrid the new culinary Cataluña? You know, inventive combinations and all that… do hope so!
Conchitín
2 Apr 09 at 11:52 pm
Si me permites una modesta puntualización: la palabra correcta es “sobrasada”. Many thanks and enjoy “Delicious Tapas”!. Ciao and congratulations!.
Ben
3 Apr 09 at 9:24 am
Gracias Conchitín! Corrected!
Parubin
3 Apr 09 at 10:29 am
I’d guess that if it is an ‘extremeño’ bar they serve that tapa, the cheese on top would be ‘Torta del Casar’ (very nice cheese from Extremadura) which could resemble ‘brie’ a bit.
[es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torta_del_Casar - 29k].
Anyway, Brie cheese could make as well a fantastic mix with sobrasada.
Another famous tapa with sobrasada is, sobrasada with honey. That combination comes from Majorca and it is really interesenting the mix of the sweet honey with the mushy chorizo. You should try it too.
[http://www.cocinavino.com/recetario/receta_info.php?id_receta=18464]
ValenciaSon
3 Apr 09 at 12:38 pm
Don Ben, disculpa pero de guiri tienes nada. Ahora me pasas un poquito?
Hollis
3 Apr 09 at 6:28 pm
Chowhound has a nice Spain/Portugal site here for those either in Spain/Portugal or visiting. Lots of representation for Barcelona and Madrid. For those who don’t know Chowhound is foodie central with restaurant raves etc.
Isabel
6 Apr 09 at 11:37 am
I love sobrassada but I’ve never had it with brie before, so that’s definitely something I’m going to try soon.
Mashinito
15 Apr 09 at 3:17 pm
If you like it with brie, you must have some sobrasada with honey.