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      Patatas bravas (Origin).

      The exact origin of patatas bravas is disputed, but it is generally attributed to two Madrid bars that have already disappeared: La Casona and Casa Pellico (I allow myself to name the bars, because they are already closed and because they are history)

      These are the key milestones of its invention:

      • Place and Time: They were created in Madrid around the 1950s. By 2026, the original recipe will be approximately 77 years old.
      • Popularization: Although Casa Pellico and La Casona (on Echegaray Street) were the pioneers in the 1950s, it was the bar Las Bravas (on Álvarez Gato Alley) that patented its own salsa brava in 1960 and popularized the name worldwide.
      • Context: They emerged as an inexpensive post-war tapa that combined basic ingredients (potato, oil and paprika or cayenne for the spice).

      Although today there are variants (such as those using tomato in Madrid or alioli in some areas of Levante), the original recipe from Madrid is characterized by a sauce based on paprika and broth.

      My version of patatas bravas. I sauté an onion and some garlic with olive oil, I add hot and sweet paprika, some chili peppers (amount depending on how spicy you like it) and a little corn flour (I don’t use wheat flour for celiac people). I sauté well so that it does not taste like flour, I add chicken or ham broth, stirring very well so that there are no lumps, correct salt and pepper and grind, pass through a chinois and set aside hot. I peel some potatoes and cut them into medium-sized cubes, poach them in oil at 140 ºC and when it is time to serve, I fry them at 180 ºC, pass them through absorbent paper, add salt, put them on the plate and dip them in the brava sauce. Authentic delicacy. The recipe is how I prepare them, the photo. PS. To make the potatoes soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, you can poach them in oil, boil them in water or roast them and then fry them, as you like them best.

      Translated from Spanish
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