Dinner #5: ESPAÑA! olé olé!

POR FIN, lleguemos a ESPAÑA! Happily, we all love Spanish cuisine- and are completely thrilled with this country having been pulled from the bag. 

Giuseppe had appetizers- and created a wonderful Green Gazpacho, which none of us had ever had before. 




Amaly was in charge of the main course, and attempted Seafood Paella. Perhaps an interesting choice seeing as we are completely surrounded by desert sands and mountains, but COSTCO and Sams should be able to provide adequate quality seafood, even if frozen.

Will and Tara watching the clams and mussels open as they cook, actually something which fascinated us all. 

The finished Seafood Paella. Tasted pretty good, but unfortunately, the pan (better known as the Wok in our house) was rather ruined. The problem we encountered was ensuring that the different types of seafoods were all cooked enough so we wouldn't poison ourselves. We had no issues, thankfully!

Will chose to make Drunken Pears??? Which entailed cooking pear halves in a mix of red wine and sherry for about half an hour (while everything else was cooking). 

These were altogether, amazingly delicious. The white cream was a great addition.