A traditional Catalan Calcotada

[Pondboy]

We were invited to one of our Catalan friends finca for a traditional Calcotada yesterday.

Calcots are like small leeks which are cooked over flaming olive branches until they are nicely blackened, then wrapped up in newspaper to sweat a bit.

When they are all cooked, open up the newspaper bundles strip off the blackened outer skin, dip them in Romescu sauce (olive oil, tomato and ground almonds) then pop them in your mouth in one go.

Once you have all had a dozen or so, sit down for white beans and pork sausages, followed by lamb chops with toast and garlic mayonnaise (Aioli), then blood sausages stuffed with rice, then about six different puddings.

Oh, and lots and lots of booze.

[nyalpine90]

i enjoy going to the finca

[Maynard]

Looks wonderful, way better than the mile-high burgers that get so much attention on these pages. Has me wanting to try them - I've been in love w/ broiled veggies since trying broiled brussel sprouts, now a regular fav.