Cooked the Cup!

At the start of #Euro2024 @GrahamCampbell and I set ourselves the goal of cooking or baking something from every nation playing in the tournament.

Awesome to try so much good food while watching so much good football. All the details are in my #CookTheCup posts.

I gotta say, thank you to everyone who liked, boosted, commented - it's been fun 🥰

Congratulations Spain! 🇪🇸 🥳 🇪🇸

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Cook the Cup Day 24 – Spain

Pollo con uvas, vino tinto y castañas - Chicken with grapes, red wine and chestnuts

Food fit for champions 🤞 🤞

Recipe by Omar Allibhoy in his book Tapas Revolution

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Cook the Cup Day 23 – Portugal

Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá - Baked salt cod with caramelised onions and potatoes

Mendes uses freshly-cured cod in this recipe (traditional is dried); it brings great flavour but I also always just find the process amazing.

Recipe by Nuno Mendes in his book Lisboeta. (I am such a Chef Nuno Mendes fan. Was not prepared when the commentators started talking about Nuno Mendes on the ball for the Portuguese national team 😅)

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Cook the Cup Day 22 – France

Croque Madame

Was gonna do this tomorrow, but who can resist a Croque on a Friday. Forgive me, France, for the uneven oven fries 🫣

Didn't use a recipe, but this one by Michel Roux Jr (via The Good Life France) looks like what we do: https://thegoodlifefrance.com/michel-rouxs-authentic-croque-monsieur-recipe/

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Cook the Cup Day 21 – England

Fat Rascals - dried-fruit cakes (originally from Bettys)

Yorkshire gods-own-country'd a scone

Recipe by James Martin via BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fatrascals_93997

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Cook the Cup Day 20 – Türkiye

Kaymakli Kayisi Tatlisi - Cream-stuffed apricots

Struggled to do justice to these with the plating, but did not struggle to eat them 😅

Recipe by Claudia Turgut on Pantry Fun: https://pantryfun.com/delicious-apricots-stuffed-with/

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Cook the Cup Day 19 – Belgium

Stoverij - Flemish beef stew

I asked my friend from Belgium if he had any tips for this stew, made almost entirely of beer, and he said: add more beer.

Recipe by Helga Brandt on The Hungry Belgian: https://thehungrybelgian.com/2013/07/05/flemish-beef-stew/

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Cook the Cup Day 18 – Denmark

Æblesnegle - Apple cinnamon rolls

Great flavours, love the addition of apple. Recipe didn't work great for me tbh but I am super-keen to make my own version come the autumn.

Recipe by Emma and Sofie on Skandi Baking: https://skandibaking.com/aeblesnegle-apple-cinnamon-rolls/

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Cook the Cup Day 17 – Romania

Mititei - wee skinless sausages

So snackable, perfect football food.

Recipe by Joanna Cismaru on Jo Cooks: https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/mititei-romanian-street-food/

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