Sirloin au Fromage

6 servings

Ingredients

• 6 pork sirloin medallions
• 7 oz. Cheese from Albarracín (either blue or golden Labels) 
• 6 rashers (of bacon)
• 1 medium size onion
• 12 or 18 wild asparagus
• 1 leek (just the White part)
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1.7 oz. Brandy
• 14 oz. milk
• 1.7 oz. olive oil or butter
• Salt and pepper

Directions

Wrap the sirloin medallions with the rashers up. We recommend holding the rashers with a toothpick to make sure they stay covering the medallions. Fry them on a pan with some oil or butter. Once they are fried keep them in the oven to keep the warmth.

Using the same oil/butter, fry also the onion, leek, garlic and a couple of asparagus. All of them diced. When they start to brown add the milk, Cheese from Albarracín and Brandy. Season it with the salt and pepper and keep cooking until getting a dense sauce.

Pour the sauce over the medallions, fry the rest of asparagus apart and place them on top of everything. If wanted, cook some mashed potatoes to serve as accompaniment.

BON APPÉTIT!

"Rioja Tapas Fantasticas 2012" celebrated next month in London

London’s award winning celebration of Rioja wine and Spanish food is back! And so are our award winning cheeses from Albarracín! Our U.K. based distributor "Tozino Ldt." will participate -same as last year- with their own tapas stand at the "Tapas Fantasticas 2012" festival.

"Slices of Heaven" accompanied by toasted tomato bread ("pan con tomate") prepared by Tozino Ltd. 

Tozino is a London based Spanish food importer specialized in Spanish hams and totally dedicated to the art of carving ham. They have a stall at Maltby Street Market selling some of Spain´s best artisan produce: Jamon de Teruel from Aragon or delicious acorn fed Jamon Iberico from Los Pedroches in Cordoba and of course our award winning cheese from Sierra de Albarracín accompanied by great Rioja wines.

Tozino´s stall at Maltby Street Market (April 2012)

The South Bank of the Thames will be taking on a flavour of Spain’s most famous wine region as Rioja Tapas Fantasticas returns for two days on Saturday 14^th and Sunday 15^thJuly 2012.  The free event will be held at the same fantastic venue as last year – Potters Fields Park – so grab your friends, come down and enjoy the food, drink and entertainment. 

Visit Teruel, Discover Albarracín And Join Us At La Quesería

Mudejar style in Teruel, the most typical and famous.

Teruel is a legendary city thanks to the famous story of the lovers of Teruel, it´s full of charming corners like the central Plaza del Torico, the aqueduct of the arches and the popular Paseo del Óvalo.

Aqueduct in Teruel

From the earliest times, several prehistoric and Iberian civilizations settled in the area of Teruel. Reaching the highest prosperity during the Middle Age, a wall was built around its perimeter to separate its Christian land from the Muslim kingdom of Valencia, right next to it.

Plaza del Torico

It was precisely this Islamic influence that left in Teruel and Aragon the most important Mudejar monuments of Spain. It´s a fusion of Gothic with Muslim architectural elements that make this style unique around the world.

Thanks to its history, Teruel is full of little charming streets to visit and wonderful museums, such as the Diocesan Museum of Teruel and the Provincial museum.

Near the city of Teruel are historic places and villages like Albarracín, declared a National Monument.

Albarracín was the former capital of a Moorish kingdom (Taifa), ever since it has preserved all its Islamic and mediaeval characteristics. This entire multicultural heritage brought a wide range of architectural and cultural styles and built the village as it is now; narrow, steep and unorganized streets are all around. The medieval defensive walls are much longer than the village itself. What we see today corresponds to three different periods of construction.

View of Albarracín and its wall

Albarracín also offers the opportunity to visit some museums; the Bishops Palace has a Diocesan Museum (Santa María Foundation) attached to it with a good collection of Flemish tapestries. Other museums that you should not miss are the museum of Albarracín, the Museum of theironworks and there is even a Toy Museum, all of them are places of great interest.

If after touring the whole day you still have strength enough to walk around a little more, we encourage you to go to any of the bars or restaurants in Albarracín and enjoy with a piece of the best cheese of the region; Cheese from Albarracín (Queso de la Sierra de Albarracín) accompanied with a revitalizing glass of wine. The fine texture and delicious flavour of our cheeses will help you out to recover some energy and it will be the best end of a journey that a person could ever have.
Surrounded by all this ancient heritage, La Quesería de Albarracín could not find a better environment to produce its cheeses, from taking care of its own ewe to the final process of tagging the cheeses; all respecting the artisan way of centuries of cheese culture.

Come visit us and enjoy all that Teruel, Albarracín and us can offer to you! Beautiful views and places and, of course, delicious food, specially jamón (Spanish ham) and our cheese.