Spanish memories, French delights

The rhythm of the Gypsy Kings rings in the air whilst my innate passion, (probable Spanish ancestral roots),  is transported to memories of Barcelona, Tarragona, Parc Naturel del Delta de' L'Ebre, Peniscola, Valencia,  Guadeleste, Denia, Moraira, Altea, Alicante,  Elche, Orihuela, Torrevieja, Marbella, Estepona, Granada, Jaca, Zaragoza....ah.....  I can feel it in my bones!!!!!!!!!

One roasted Herefordshire beef .. topside cut... succulent and delicious....
Another cooked potatoes... peel, boil, cut, sauté, roast with black pepper and olive oil... a few minutes each in that order...
Another sliced thinly white cabbage, leeks and garlic, to sweat in a pan with a little white wine (water or cream)  on top of the hob.
I mixed a batter and took my two carefully wrapped specialist pans to cook a pile of pancakes for 13 hungry mouths.
There was a delicious Burgundian white to commence ... it was a DOMAINE JOUARD - Chassagne Montrachet  - Clos de la Truffiere - a taste I had not ever experienced but at the price it was DELECTABLE!!!!!!!!!......ASTOUNDING!!!!!!!!!
 then a red, driven up from the Languedoc ( see this link ) .... Oh my oh my!!!!!!!!!!

After a walk we had Cremant de Loire with apx two pancakes each with lemon, honey, sugar, followed by coffee and Cognac chocolate!

What a lovely Sunday afternoon it was ... and after helping my friends clear the tables I came home to remind myself how good LIFE can be, and left them to family bedtime!