A cook's tour of Spain Essential ingredients for Spanish cooking

Date Published:: 13/03/2008

Tommi Miers cooked her way across Spain. Here is her shopping list of essential ingredients to cook like a Spanish pro

5. Tins of plum tomatoes

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5. Tins of plum tomatoes (Image 5 of 7)

Tomatoes are at the heart of most savoury Spanish dishes. Tinned plum tomatoes are a good cook's cheat, saving you the fiddly job of peeling the skins off a mountain of tomatoes.

Good with: Ham, chorizo, chicken any sort of spicy sausage, Stews, soups.

Try it in this Summery Spanish-style soup recipe