Tapas night

Thursday night was supposed to be a curry night, but I was in the mood for something a little closer to home, so it became a tapas night.

Served was -

Cheats patatas bravas
Garlic butter prawns
Paella (made by my husband as that is a mans job)
Chorizo in red wine
Stuffed red peppers
Salad

Cheats patatas bravas


Ingredients

New potatoes
Tub of tomato salsa
Olive oil
Salt and pepper

1.  Heat the oven to 180 degrees C

2.  Chop the potatoes into large chunks,season  and drizzle with olive oil

3.  Roast for 30-40 minutes turning occasionally until soft through and crunchy on the outside

4.  Serve in a bowl with the salsa poured over the top

Garlic butter prawns


Ingredients

Cooked and peeled Prawns
Chopped garlic
Butter

1.  Put all of the ingredients into a dish and put into the oven for the last 15 minutes of the cooking time of the potatoes

Stuffed red peppers


Ingredients

Red peppers
Lemon and coriander couscous
Sundried tomatoes
Mozarella cheese
Olive oil

1.  Cut the peppers in half and remove the core and seeds

2.  Drizzle with olive oil

3.  Make the couscous according to the instructions on the packet

4.  Chop the sundried tomatoes and add to the couscous

5.  Spoon the couscous into the peppers

6.  Tope with a slice of mozarella cheese

7.  Roast in the oven for 30 minutes or until the peppers are soft

Chorizo in red wine


Ingredients

Cooking chorizo
Red wine

1.  Chop the chorizo into bite size pieces

2.  Put into a bowl and add enough red wine to cover the chorizo

3.  Put in the oven and cook for 20-30 minutes

4.  If the wine is still thin, pour into a saute pan and reduce until slightly thickened then pour back over the chorizo