Along with numerous works in scientific research and children’s education in food, the Fundacio Alicia in Catalunya also devotes resources to studying and developing nutrition for people who are ill. In collaboration with the Spanish Cancer Association (AECC), the Fundacio Alicia has produced a number of recipes suitable for cancer patients that are available for free in (Spanish) on the Spanish Cancer Association’s website www.aecc.es.
With the permission and support of the Fundacio Alicia, I am translating these recipes into English so that they can also be available for a wider audience, as I believe that they will be of great use to English-speaking cancer sufferers.
You are welcome to reproduce these translated recipes on any free website or as part of any free information for cancer sufferers, as long as you use the following attribution:
“These recipes are from the Fundacio Alicia in Catalunya and were devised by the nutritionist and chef Marta Rimblas and the chef Felipe Celis. They were translated into English from the original Spanish by Rachel McCormack of Catalan Cooking”.
Artichokes with Baby Clams
Reccomended for constipation and lactose intolerance
10 medium Artichokes
500gr of fresh baby clams in their shell
5 cloves of garlic (N.B use 2 or 3 cloves if you are not as big a fan of garlic as the Spanish)
1/2 litre of fish stock or water
2 soups spoons of flour
3 soup spoons of olive oil
2 soup spoons of parsley
Salt
- Peel the artichokes, cut each one into 8 and salt.
- Heat the oil and lightly fry the artichokes until they look lightly fried and then take them out of the pot with a slotted spoon and leave to the side.
- In the same pot with the heat on very low put in the finely chopped garlic and when it has turned golden add the flour and stir for a minute.
- Add 1 1/2 spoons of the parsley and leave to fry for about 3 mins making sure it doesn’t stick.
- Stir in about 400 ml of the stock stirring the pot so that all the ingredients mix and there are no lumps.
- Once the stock or water is simmering add the artichokes and leave for 5 mins.
- Add the baby clams shake the pot and put the lid on and leave for approx 5 mins until they open. Discard any that are closed or broken.
- If the sauce is too thick add more hot stock or hot water. Season and sprinkle the remainder of the parsley.
- Serve hot.
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This is such a wonderful idea.
And the recipe sounds lovely too – not bland or boring as you might imagine such specialist food to be.
Look forward to the rest of the series.
Thanks MiMi they have some really interesting recipes that I think could really help cancer patients eat more and better. Obviously these recipes are not just apt for them but they have been devised specially. I hope that they are useful for English speaking cancer patients.
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