Rooster with lemon and capers in a port sauce —and splashing in Alcocebre and Onteniente, Summer time 2022

August 26, 2022

Natacha Sanz Caballero

Meat and Poultry
Alcocebre, hen, Mediterranean, one pan meal, Onteniente, Pou Clar, weeknight meal

I hope you had or are having an exquisite summer time. I’ve been in back-to-work mode for some time, and thought that hen with lemon and capers in a port sauce was a recipe value of being the primary one of many new “college 12 months “.

When you have been a daily follower or subscriber of Mama Ía weblog for some time, you understand that in the summertime, the weblog takes a brief hiatus. That is the time when, greater than running a blog, I’m “researching“. Okay, okay, that’s a euphemistic technique to say that I’m in Spain, having fun with its meals, its sights, and most significantly, my household. 

Within the early days of the weblog, I wired about the truth that all of the actions, household encounters and get-togethers, occasions, events, festivals and journeys that crammed up my days whereas in Spain weren’t leaving me any time to weblog. Some summers I attempted. Painstakingly, through the scorching hours of the day, whereas everyone on the home was resting after a morning on the seashore and a copious meal, I managed to discover a quiet place to put in writing and, after a couple of days of this, submit a recipe.

I don’t stress about running a blog in the summertime anymore. I attempt to reside within the second, take up every little thing that I’m experiencing, take notes and 1000’s of images, and are available again to the USA refreshed and with a bag filled with concepts and recipes for brand new posts.

So the place to start out? What recipe to share with you that can encourage you to make it straight away? What tales or cultural occasions ought to I share with you for the primary weblog submit of the season?

Prepared and… So comfortable!

Cousins

David and Mauro, the daredevils, prepared to leap (at Pou Clar, Onteniente)

I selected this recipe, hen with lemon and capers in a port sauce as a result of, let’s face it, who doesn’t make hen at the least as soon as per week? And for those who reside in the USA, notably within the Midwest, the children are again to highschool, and you must give you quick and straightforward to make recipes for dinner, as a result of (and I do know from expertise) the evenings are stuffed with sports activities and different after college actions.

I assure you’ll make hen with lemon and capers in a port sauce fairly often, not solely as a result of it’s completely scrumptious, however as a result of it’s straightforward to make – like the vast majority of recipes on Mama Ía weblog. As for a vegetable facet, some merely boiled child potatoes are good to take in the savory sauce.

For a narrative to accompany it, let’s go together with one thing that also appears like summer time, as a result of… it’s nonetheless summer time! Some images of our keep on the seashore in Alcocebre, in addition to some from my hometown of Onteniente and the summer time home the place I grew up, and that you’re most likely accustomed to, El Taroncheral (click on right here to know a bit extra about my hometown and the summer time home of my childhood).

What makes summers tremendous particular as of late, is the truth that, not solely do I get to go to with my mother and sisters, nieces, nephews, prolonged household and buddies, now I get to go to with my very own youngsters as properly! As my older sons grew up and moved out of the home, I can rely with one hand the variety of instances we reunite as a household of 5 yearly. What may be very amusing is that all of us fly in from California, from Miami and from Indiana, and meet up on the Madrid airport earlier than we catch our final flight, collectively, into Valencia. I feel that’s fairly wild. Once we arrive in Valencia, to our kin’ eyes, seeing our household of 5 appears to be like as regular as at all times, even when up till a couple of hours earlier than, we had’t seen one another for months.

I’ve come to savor the 2 weeks we spend collectively in our comfortable place, making an attempt to slot in visits with buddies and prolonged household, day journeys right here and there, hikes and walks and bike rides, and having fun with the social and evening life my nook of Spain has to supply.

So I go away you with that, and with the promise of telling you in additional element about among the actions and journeys we did this summer time, in future posts. There might be nature, and there might be historical past, and there might be customs and festivals. Keep tuned! For now, I hope you savor the previous couple of days of your summer time for those who’re nonetheless having fun with it, or take the brand new college season with enthusiasm and many power in case your summer time holidays are a distant reminiscence. I hope this easy recipe for hen with lemon and capers in a port sauce makes your night suppers just a little bit simpler.