Puerta del Sol

Three Canadians, a New Zealander and a Belgian ... so often my life has an international flavour these days ...

And a Cypriot meal called Tavas.
Preheat the oven to 200oC/400oF
Place all the ingredients in a large roasting dish and mix well
1 kg rump or brisket (beef) cubed
500g onions, sliced finely
1kg potatoes peeled and sliced thinly
150ml groundnut oil
250g tomatoes, chopped or 250g can chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
200ml hot water
1 Tablespoon dried oregano
salt and black pepper
Serves 4 people.

Cover with tin foil and cook for 2 hours without stirring. Serve with a green salad.

So nice with the red wine ... most particularly, Monte Ducay, Gran Reserva 1998, Product of Spain.

Alison, Andrew, James, Gert and I had been to a wine tasting at Puerta del Sol and came away having tasted and purchased some very very nice Spanish wines.

Ivan, from Bodegas Castelo de Medina, introduced us to some delicious white wines, most particularly the Castelo de Medina Verdejo which is a very tasty white wine.

Guy, at Puerta del Sol, hosts a wine tasting of his Spanish wines every few months ... if you're living in Belgium, I truly recommend signing into his website so that you know about his next tasting session. He has 6 every year and they are superb.

And then Alison provided dessert ... note that you could eat the plate that this incredible mousse came in ... !