Chef Andy Suarez: Squid in American Sauce Flatbread
photo by Andy Suarez
The fourth in our new series of recipes in collaboration with chef Andy Suarez, a selection of culinary creations that, while incorporating a variety of ingredients from the New World and beyond, continues the tradition of Basque cooking as "a cuisine of simplicity made exquisite".
Squid in American Sauce Flatbread
Ingredients
Donostia Foods Squid in American Sauce
Donostia Foods Cantabrian Anchovies
1 pizza crust or pita bread
1 cup Donostia Foods Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 cup garlic
1 tbsp rosemary
¼ cup Donostia Foods Manzanilla Olives
¼ cup Donostia Foods Piquillo Peppers
½ cup mozzarella cheese
salt to taste
Directions
1. Combine garlic and olive oil in a saucepan and bring oil to boil. Remove from heat when boiling. Allow to cool and mix rosemary and salt. Blend until smooth.
2. Warm flatbread ahead of time in oven for a 1 minute at 325F.
3. Spread the garlic rosemary spread on the flatbread.
4. Top with olives, piquillo peppers, anchovies, squid and mozzarella and cook for 5 minutes at 325F.
5. Serve hot.
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One afternoon not that long ago, A.J. Weiss was sitting in a cafe, tapping his pen on an empty note pad, and staring out the window. The prior accumulated years of adventure, heartbreak, and common drudgery had all amounted to this, a particular moment, for reasons both unknown and fairly straightforward. The most straightforward being that he worked at Blue Planet Foods, Ltd., importer of high-quality food products and ingredients, and that he had set forth to complete the task of conjuring a suitable name for the company's new Spanish specialty food brand. After a certain amount of consideration and voluminous list-making, Donostia Foods came to be.
What was the inspiration for this (superb) brand name? Donostia-San Sebastián, a small coastal city in Basque Country in northern Spain, renowned for its restaurants, gastronomic societies, and culinary traditions. A place where locals and visitors alike wander the cobblestones of the old town in the warm evening light, drifting amongst the pintxo bars to sample unparalleled small-bites accompanied by the effervescent local wine, txakoli, and sharing in the laughter that becomes the fondest of memories; a place that exudes good food, good drinks, and a general sense of revelry. All of which is quite enjoyable.
With Donostia Foods we hope to introduce more people in the United States to the gastronomic pleasures of Donostia-San Sebastián and Spain as a whole, with a continually expanding product line of the best examples of the best products we can find and with the conviviality of the place itself.
Thank you for your interest in Donostia Foods, and if there's anything we can do for you, please contact us.
A.J. Weiss in the village of Espelette in Basque Country.
