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Alonso Martinez, Madrid

Cooking for friends: Bacon and mustard rolls

If you like bittersweet flavour you´ll love this rolls.
There are made with Scons dough recipe, bacon, mustard and sparkled with a bit of brown sugar.

A day in Madrid

Holidays. I took my holidays...
And every day I wake up really early, and with my best smile travel around Madrid (Parla, Móstoles, Getafe, Fuenlabrada, Arganda...) taking my curriculum to every hospital!

Now my knowledge of the Metro lines is so much bigger...

Let cross the fingers!

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"Even more smiles", Calle de Génova, Madrid

Farewell dinner!

Now it´s officially the end...

Residency program has come to the end!

For the farewell dinner we gathered 40 persons!, colleagues, nurses, but most important, our friends.
I was really sad, and happy, and proud, and...

Pilar had prepared a wonderful video with photos, messages from everybody at the Department, jokes, and I´ve got to say some tears ran down my cheek...
It was like I remembered all that I went trough these past years..., and we finally made it!

For farewell present we received an Ipad and a beatiful bracelet.

I´m so glad and thankful for everybody that have helped me to get to the end of this stage...!
And for my friends and colleagues!

Thanks to everybody!
I´m already missing you all!

Farewell outfit

My friends

Cooking for friends: Lemon pie

I love lemon pies!, so fresh, sweet but no too sweet, ideal for the summer. I made this one for the nurses at the Day care Unit.
I know that in Argentina, everybody says that his own Lemon pie recipe is the best. But I´m sorry, this is the best recipe ever!

(sorry for the bad quality pic!)

If you want the recipe, just ask for it!

Last day on call!

Last day on call in La Paz..., as a Registrar!
Oh my God!, Am I that old?

And it´s kind of confusing, because I´m gonna miss everything!, patients, nurses, friends, the hospital, the creepy room, even A&E!!!
But on the other hand, I´m so happy to lose all these sleepless nights, all these worries, A&E!!!, and finish this phase of my life.

The nurses prepare a little farewell afternoon, with a delicious triple chocolate cake for the 3 of us (thanks Laura!). Thanks a lot!

(I´m so going to miss everything!!!!!!!!!!!)

Cooking Fever

Some people eat, some others play sports, or drink, or take Yoga lessons...
When I´m under stress, I cook, bake, etc...

I´m very stressed about finishing the Residency and looking for a new job..., but when I cook, I don´t know, I relax, I forget about everything, even it´s only for a while.

(My flatmate is worried about me and all this cooking)

Cooking for friends: pink cupcakes and baby Sunday

This Sunday I´m going to visit Patricia and her baby, Vera. I made some pink cupcakes to share with them.
(vanilla cupcake with cream-cheese frosting)

Cooking for friends: Owl Cupcakes

Last Sunday on call. Bake some cupcakes to have breakfast with my nurses and cheer up the morning...

Cooking for friends: Zucchini and onion pie

Karem and Isa came for dinner the other night.

I prepared my special quiche recipe..., I mean, this is so easy, everyone can make it!

You can use this base, and the use your imagination and fill it up with whatever you want!!!

I bought the pastry dough at the supermarket, and put it on a 24 cm olied tart pan. 

For the filling:

-3 large eggs

-salt-pepper-herbs

-50 cc cream

Mix these ingredients and you´ll have the plain filling that would work for anything you want for your pie.

(My favorites: BBQ cooked chicken in strips, broccoli and cheese/ roasted red peppers and tuna/ zucchini and bacon/etc...)

-1 small onion

-1 zucchini (sliced)

-1/2 red pepper (sliced)

-bacon (in small dice)

Saute the onion with a sprinkle of salt, add the bacon and then the pepper and the zucchini, cover the pan and let it cook until the zucchini is tender. Spread this filling over the dough and then pour the eggs and cream mix on the them. Spread some Parmesan or Emmental cheese on top. Cook in 200ºC oven for 20 minutes.

Like bull fighting?

Even with all the controversy that Bullfighting creates nowadays, you have to admit it´s something deeply associated to Spain.

This month you can see a photograph exhibition about the history of bullfighting in Madrid Underground, in Retiro Station, though 150 advertising spaces throughout the underground also show pictures to the daily "Metro" passengers.
This enterprise is called "Vía Torográfica" and it´s formed by 12 photographers (8 Spanish and 4 French) that selected pictures about bullfighting from the beggining of XIX century to the mid 70s, and also took photographs about this world.
I recommend the old pictures, full of interesting people and vintage clothing. I could stare for hours at the little details!

Free morning

I was in call yesterday, and now I´m coming back home. I´m so tired!, all I want it´s to run in to my bed as soon as possible. 

But sometimes, when you feel this tired, you can appreciate the little details of the daily routine. Like walking out of the Metro Station and smelling the anis from the donuts someone it´s selling outside. Looking at the photo booth machine and expect to see someone collecting the pictures that people have left behind like in Amelie. Or enjoy just the sunlight on your face...

Cooking for friends: Spinach and goat cheese creps

I really wanted to eat some creps lately! So, with the excuse of Isa coming home for lunch, I decided to release some stress and cook.

This is nobady´s recipe, I mean, it´s just mixing some ingredients together that I knew they would matched.

First you have to prepare the creps, and then you can fill them in with whatever you want. In this case, some onion lightly fried with spinach and goat cheese. Then I used an instant peppercorn sauce (a bit of cheating...) and gratined them in the oven. And..., enjoy!

(And for dessert, nothing better than "panqueques con Dulce de leche", typical dessert from my country: just a crep filled with dulce de leche)

Spinach and goat cheese creps

For the creps:

-2 large eggs

-500 cc milk

-1 tablespoon Butter

-150 grs flour

Mix the eggs with the milk and add the flour, stir only for a few seconds, then add the melted butter. Use a pan with a little butter on it and put 1-2 tablespoons of the mix on it, spread it and let it cook until it´s firm, the flip it over and cook it o the other side for a few seconds.

For the filling:

-1/2 small onion

-half zucchini

-200 grms spinach

-1 tablespoon olive oil

-pepper, salt, oregano, nutmeg

-50 cc cream

In a saucepan put the olive oil and cook the onion with a sprinkle of salt till it´s golden, then add the zucchini cut in small cubes. Cook until it´s tender, and added the spinach (it´s really magical the way spinach leaves kind of melt!). Season to taste. And add the cream.

Put 2-3 tablespoons of filling into the crep, add the goat cheese, roll it, and put it on a tray. You can use whatever sauce like, spread some grilled parmesan cheese on top. Cook it in the oven for 15 minutes. And...bon appetit!

the creps!

the filling!

ready for the oven...

ready to eat!

Cleaning day