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Tapas are probably the concept of Spanish cuisine most admired and imitated around the world, inspiring thousands of bars and restaurants. The idea is simple, straightforward, and a visit to a tapas bar is possibly the best way to sample a wide variety of Spanish food. The word tapa means cover or lid, and the use of the term refers to the days when bar workers would place complimentary appetisers like a cover of their patron's wine glasses to keep away flies.
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Ingredients
Ingredients for 6 people: 2 peaches, 2 apricots, 2 bananas, 6 plums, 200 gm of strawberries, 3/4 l of cream, 6 cherries, 1 glass of kirsch, 1 glass of smooth, aromatic white wine, sugar.
Preparation
Put the cream and the cleaned and peeled strawberries in the fridge. Peel the fruit, dice it and place it in a bowl. Add the sugar and carefully stir the fruit, this action needs to be repeated four times, placing the bowl in the fridge and removing it.Later add the strawberries, kirsch and white wine. Refrigerate for four to five hours. Divide up over the dessert dishes
Presentation
Make a well in the centre of each dish using a glass, and place the whipped cream and a cherry in it.
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Many of the vegetables commonly used in Spanish cooking were brought back to Spain from the Americas by Spanish explorers in the 1400s and 1500s. Tomatoes, bell peppers (capsicum), potatoes and zucchini have now become synonymous not only with Spanish cuisine.