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Cocina de Caza. Extremadura

César Ráez; Boni Sánchez

Title Cocina de Caza. Extremadura
Author César Ráez; Boni Sánchez
Publication place Spain
Publication year 2006
Publisher Asamblea de Extremadura
Languages Spanish
No. of pages 247
ISBN 84-87622-92-5

The chef César Ráez has a cookbook that poetically demonstrates the symbiosis between hunting, culinary art and the region of Extremadura. These dishes not only pay homage to the area and its cultural roots, but they offer a new starting point for interpreting tradition. While the usual textures, aromas and flavors are present, these proposals, with their emphasis on haute cuisine techniques, equally give way to the time-honored as well as the excruciatingly cutting-edge. Through a series of mouth-watering recipes and exceptional photographs which feature roe deer, turtledove, lapwing and pheasant to name a few, Ráez masterfully shows how hunting`s long history is intimately linked to the Extremaduran people`s sustenance needs. From breast of boar topped with olives and served with cinnamon-scented dehydrated fruit compote to partridge with a fig vinaigrette and fresh raspberries, these recipes give an authentic and delicious look at historical fusion and how it has evolved over time.