Another calcotada

Yes, we were fortunate to be invited to another Calcotada(soft c),  this time at the finca of our Dutch friends, Hans and Anke.  The Calcotada was prepared by Danny, a Catalan from Barcelona and his wife Natalie.  They prepared the Romescu sauce and did the grilling.  Danny laid a bed of olive tree prunings and over it put an old bed spring on which he laid out the calcots.  He then lighted the olive branches and the breeze carried the fire across the bedspring cooking and blackening the calcots.  When cooked the blackened calcots are folded in groups of 15 or 20 into newspaper to steep for an hour or so before serving.

Danny grilling calcots

Below we  wear our bibs and get our hands completely blackened pulling the outer burned layers off the calcots.   We then dip them in Romescu sauce and try to get them into our mouths without too much mess.

There's no neat way to eat calcots

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