The perfect meal without cooking
It’s happened to us all at least once. You’re at home with friends, sharing the recently-opened bottle of Martelo that’s sitting on the table, and what began as an afternoon of chatting and laughter (un)expectedly extends into the late hours of the evening. Stomachs start to rumble and it’s down to you to whip up a perfect dinner. #Martelism in action.
By now, we all know that the best times aren’t planned: they just happen. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be prepared for when we have to rustle up the perfect meal, and there’s no time to cook. Martelo shares some ideas about how to turn your sticky situation into a top-notch meal.
“Taste, compare, choose the best and put a label on it”: that’s the motto of Petra Mora, an online delicatessen which sells top-quality products under its own brand. Although they have all kinds of fresh products, their cheese, cured meat, canned goods and aperitifs section is the main highlight. It’s the ideal place to stock up your cupboards, for the perfect off-the-cuff dinner with no cooking involved.
Siete Lobas
Few things complement Martelo as well as a good cheese platter and few cheeses have as much character as those made by Siete Lobas. Starting life in the Páramo Leones region in León, these artisan cheeses are made from raw milk, obtained by milking with extra-special care.
Like our wine, Siete Lobas cheeses rest in a cellar to mature. It is actually a spectacular underground cave, where they are turned, washed and brushed in complete darkness and silence, and rest upon hardwood supports.
From the Spanish anchovy capital, Santoña (Cantabria), Don Bocarte produce a wide variety of canned goods and semi-cooked dishes of the highest quality. Your perfect cooking-free dinner can start by opening a can of the best salt-cured anchovies from the Cantabrian sea, and continue with Galician octopus cooked in its own juices, or an anchovy casserole (bocartes a la cazuela). So, all you have to do is open up the dishes and serve them.
El Navarrico work their horticultural land in Navarre with the same love and care that we show our vineyards at Torre de Oña. The fertile soil, temperate climate and the water from the Ebro and Ega Rivers create the perfect combination for the artisan crops of this family business.
Asparagus from Navarre, artichokes from Tudela, piquillo red peppers from Lodosa are just some of their preserved vegetable, fruit and legume products that have Designation of Origin status.
For those who love the flavours that come from the Spanish mountains, Laurel & Tomillo (which means Bay & Thyme) offer a wide variety of hand-crafted rabbit, partridge and quail pickles , which you can prepare in the blink of an eye.
A combination of the highest-quality meat and ingredients such as extra-virgin olive oil, vinegar, thyme, bay leaves and pepper, slow-cooked with all the loving care that these family recipes deserve. The perfect pairing for a red wine like Martelo.
This family business was founded with the aim of recuperating some of the delicacies of the traditional cuisine of Valladolid and Palencia, in Castile and León. Bringing together tradition and innovation, Cascajares have turned dishes like capon, poularde, beef shank and roast chicken into delicious, ready-made meals.
When the time comes to put the cherry on top of your perfect, cooking-free dinner, there’s nothing better than one of the tasty chocolate truffles from Confituras Goya (Goya Jams and Sweets). This is a typical sweet from Álava, Martelo’s homeland, which have delighted generations of locals. You’ll find few better ways to finish your last glass of Martelo.
With these products in your cupboard and a case of Martelo in your cellar, you can be sure that whipping up the perfect, cooking-free dinner will be no problem. So all you have to concern yourself with is enjoying the good company of friends.
With these products in your cupboard and a case of Martelo in your cellar, you can be sure that whipping up the perfect, cooking-free dinner will be no problem. So all you have to concern yourself with is enjoying the good company of friends.
