Barman's Zucchini Fritters

2 zucchini cut diagonally into 1/4' pieces
2 eggs
2 Tbl milk
1/4 cup seasoned flour
veg oil

Place the zucchini slices in a sealed zip-lock with the seasoned flour and shake well. Shake off extra flour and dunk each piece into the egg/milk mixture until well coated. Cook in the hot veg oil 1-2 min on each side until golden/brown. Place on paper towels and blot to remove excess oil. Dip in your fav sauce or salsa and eat.

Jon's Shrimp Tacos

12 small soft taco shells (flour preferably ;))

1 lb medium shrimp

1 avocado

sauce:

1/3 cup olive oil

4 tablespoons of chipotle pepper paste (more/less depending on smoke preference)

2 tablespoons of cayenne pepper (more/less depending on heat preference)

1 cup of brown sugar (more/less depending on sweet preference)

1/2 of one lemon

1/2 of one orange

salt to taste

sautee shrimp til cooked, then add sauce till warm, and serve with raw taco/avocado

Heidi's Tomate, Jamon Y Manchego Tapas

Ingredients:
-wedge of Manchego cheese
-1/4 lb jamon, thinly sliced

-10 plum tomatoes, halved
-head of garlic
-olive oil
-baguette (whole grain)
-salt,pepper
-Oregano, about 1.5 tsp
-1 tsp Smoked paprika

~preheat oven to 350. Place tomato halves on baking sheet, sprinkle with olive oil, salt,pepper and oregano. Take garlic, slice off top of garlic, revealing all of the garlic cloves. Place it in tin foil, pour a few glugs of olive oil on it and warp it tightly. Place that on the baking sheet as well, roast everything for 1.5 hr to 2 hrs.
~take everything out of oven, let cool. squeeze out the soft garlic into a bowl, and pour in the remaining olive oil from the tin foil. add smoked paprika. smash up with a fork add more olive oil if you'd like.
~chop up the tomatoes to the size you like, add more of the seasonings to taste. we like paprika so we're heavy on that.
~slice up baguette, and shmear the garlic olive oil mash on each slice. Give it a quick toast in the oven.
~Assemble. add tomatoes to each slice, then a slice of manchego, then a slice of rolled up jamon.
ENJOY!

Umberto's Chorizo y Calimotxo

Step 1) Buy expensive chorizo that taste good.

Step 2) Heat the chorizo in a cast iron with some olive oil.

Step 3) Yum.

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Step 1) Buy some inexpensive wine that tastes like shit.

Step 2) Mix equal parts Coca-Cola Classic with the wine.

Step 3) Jrunk.

Flora's Mexican Wedding Cakes

from epicurious

Polvorones

These "cakes" are really festive cookies.

Yield: Makes about 4 dozen

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup pecans, toasted, coarsely ground

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until well blended. Beat in flour, then pecans. Divide dough in half; form each half into ball. Wrap separately in plastic; chill until cold, about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and cinnamon in pie dish to blend. Set cinnamon sugar aside.

Working with half of chilled dough, roll dough by 2 teaspoonfuls between palms into balls. Arrange balls on heavy large baking sheet, spacing 1/2 inch apart. Bake cookies until golden brown on bottom and just pale golden on top, about 18 minutes. Cool cookies 5 minutes on baking sheet. Gently toss warm cookies in cinnamon sugar to coat completely. Transfer coated cookies to rack and cool completely. Repeat procedure with remaining half of dough. (Cookies can be prepared 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature; reserve remaining cinnamon sugar.)

Sift remaining cinnamon sugar over cookies and serve.

Comeonshakeyabodybabydothatconga!

We had a wildly successful dinner last night at Dani's. Spanish tapas night was one of the best yet - everyone brought their A-game with goodies like shrimp tacos, artichoke dip, chorizo, serrano/manchego/tomato toasts, spanish tortilla, fried zucchinis with special sauce, and ze mexican wedding cakes.  We were of course all surprised by Dani's secret wild card addition-Pulpo! (octopus!)  Dani's first hosting gig was fabulous - bravo! The Spanish mix soundtrack really made it a party!

Our next suppa club will be a picnic Saturday June 20th in Prospect Park.
This is our first picnic so let's bring it!  Classic picnic fare is great - potato salad, burgers, pasta salads, BBQ chicken, lemonade.  Or how about grilled corn on the con with lime butter and cayenne, jicama slaw, shrimp kabobs, curried lamb kabobs, rhubarb crumble. mmm...