Again, this was a tour de force of simple cooking (minus the pre-prep of sofrito, and the picada). Don’t forget to hull your hazelnuts by roasting them for 15 minutes of so, then rubbing them together in a kitchen towel — when making the picada.
The first dish, the beans with clams, IMHO, has a recipe error when using the six person proportions. IIRC, it calls for sevenish cups of fish stock, when four was just right. Other then that the first dish was great, simple and easy to put together.
The second dish, a salt cod stew, was right on the money; the salt cod required fedexing some from a portuguese food place in Massachusetts, but it provided nearly all the seasonings. Be sure to soak it and change the water as called for.
The dessert, was my fault, I destroyed my apples — pretty much reducing them to apple sauce. The one hour called for is not as reliable as the “or until done” part. The sauce tasted great — used Remy Martin, instead of brandy.
Really good, earthy, meal.
Cooking Ferran Adriá’s The Family Meal — The Errata