José uses Manchego cheese to prepare a salad of cheese, tomato, thyme and walnuts. He shows us the food eaten by Cervantes’ Don Quixote. And he is witness to the wonder of saffron, when the remarkable crocus emerges from the earth and is turned into the world’s most expensive spice. José cooks a traditional dish of rabbit with saffron rice before returning to Spain to eat a marzipan dessert.
José creates a quick tapa of apples in a red wine syrup, using Rioja.
José introduces us to two famous Catalans: artist Salvador Dali and chef Ferran Adrià.
José cooks a quick tapa of fried eggs and Spanish chorizo before showing us around Madrid.
