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Red Wine: La Rioja

Season 1 Episode 13 | 24m 39s

No Spanish wine is more famous than Rioja, and José starts with a quick tapa of apples in a red wine syrup. He takes us to a great Rioja winemaker before cooking his own version of the region’s classic dish of potato and chorizo sausage. Back in Spain, he shows us Rioja’s superb vegetable market and eats at a special restaurant run by a mother and son who cook their own recipes.

Aired: 09/10/23
Extras
Spain’s cava is used in a dressing for oysters and a mimosa cocktail.
José prepares a classic tuna salad before and explains the sherry culture of Andalucía.
A cold soup of Basque cheese and the red and white wines of the Basque Country.
José cooks a quick tapa of fried eggs and Spanish chorizo before showing us around Madrid.
José prepares scallops with white wine; a Spanish potato tortilla is cooked in Galicia.
José prepares a Manchego cheese, tomato, thyme and walnut salad; the wonder of saffron.
At home in Asturias, José prepares an apple and cheese salad with Cabrales; hard cider.
José stuffs piquillo pep pers with cheese, and he visits Pamplona.
José introduces us to two famous Catalans: artist Salvador Dali and chef Ferran Adrià.
José showcases Asturias' great cheeses and takes to the seas to fish for barnacles.
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Spain’s cava is used in a dressing for oysters and a mimosa cocktail.
José prepares a classic tuna salad before and explains the sherry culture of Andalucía.
A cold soup of Basque cheese and the red and white wines of the Basque Country.
José cooks a quick tapa of fried eggs and Spanish chorizo before showing us around Madrid.
José prepares scallops with white wine; a Spanish potato tortilla is cooked in Galicia.
José prepares a Manchego cheese, tomato, thyme and walnut salad; the wonder of saffron.
At home in Asturias, José prepares an apple and cheese salad with Cabrales; hard cider.
José stuffs piquillo pep pers with cheese, and he visits Pamplona.
José introduces us to two famous Catalans: artist Salvador Dali and chef Ferran Adrià.
José showcases Asturias' great cheeses and takes to the seas to fish for barnacles.