| Today we are going to look at a very traditional | | | | details as if you were making a meal for four and |
| dish from the North Western corner of Spain, | | | | as such you will need the following ingredients: |
| Galician Beef Sirloin. | | | | 4 medallions of sirloin |
| Most authorities tend to take the view point that | | | | 350 g of shallots |
| as life in Galicia is heavily influenced by the sea | | | | ½ Litre of red wine |
| that the only recipes worth taking note about are | | | | Olive oil |
| the seafood dishes so this recipe is at least part | | | | 2 spoons chopped parsley |
| of the argument that proves that to be just yet | | | | Pepper |
| another travel myth. | | | | Salt |
| There are 17 different autonomous regions that | | | | 300 g of seasonal wild mushrooms |
| come together to form modern-day Spain and | | | | Assorted Herbs (Chives, Oregano, Tarragon) |
| the majority of these regions have their own | | | | Take some olive oil and heat it in a frying pan. |
| cultures that is the majority of them have their | | | | Take the shallots and peel and chop them and |
| own linguistic variations and in some cases | | | | then sauté the shallots in the hot oil for a |
| different languages and they certainly have their | | | | few minutes. Add some red wine to the shallots |
| own individual cuisines. | | | | and bring the entire mixture to the boil; when this |
| One such extremely distinctive autonomous | | | | has happened lower the heat and continue |
| region is Galicia which is Spain's most | | | | cooking until the wine has reduced by half and the |
| north-western province. Spain's most westerly | | | | shallots are nice and tender. |
| autonomous region it is surrounded on two sides | | | | At this point take a wild mushrooms and chop |
| by the Atlantic Ocean and as you can imagine for | | | | them and then sauté them in the oil and |
| a region that has so much rugged coastline a lot | | | | then season. |
| of Galician cuisine is very much based on seafood | | | | Next, take the medallions of sirloin and with the |
| and seafood based recipes. | | | | remaining oil that you have put them in a frying |
| That having said not all of Galician cuisine is all | | | | pan over a strong heat for three minutes on each |
| seafood based and the region can lay claim to | | | | side until the medallions on nicely browned on each |
| some quite gorgeous recipes and provincial dishes | | | | side. Then season them when they are cooked |
| and are all well worth trying out. | | | | and serve the meat with the mushrooms. A nice |
| Lets top talking about the food and get down to | | | | touch is to put the aromatic herbs on top and |
| business. Let's eat! | | | | serve the wine sauce separately. |
| As you said above the common conception about | | | | This is best served with any sort of potatoes |
| the food will cuisine from Galicia is that all of the | | | | though I guess the majority people would |
| best recipes are seafood based. Well here we | | | | probably serve it with crispy French fried |
| have one gorgeous recipe that actually proves | | | | potatoes. The overall cooking in preparation |
| this argument to be totally false. | | | | process shouldn't take more than about 30 to 45 |
| The recipe concerned is for Galician beef sirloin. | | | | minutes and this makes an ideal delicious meal. |
| We're going to give the amount of ingredients and | | | | |