Spanish tapas: Try shrimp with garlic, gazpacho

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   >>> back now at 8:46. and this morning on "today's kitchen" we're spicing it up with a taste of spain . jose andreas is an award winning chef and the new dean of spanish studies at the international culinary center . jose, good morning. do i have to call you now dean andreas. i don't want to be disrespectful.

   >> good morning. that's why i wear a chef outfit today.

   >> oh, okay okay.

   >> my mission us was to teach people in america what is spain and what a better way than to partner with one of the greatest cooks anywhere to teach spanish food .

   >> and you're also now named, by "time" hag zone as one of the 100 most influential people in the word, right?

   >> i think that --

   >> for humanitarian work --

   >> i think of a time when they want reservation at my restaurant and they couldn't get it.

   >> you're showing us how to make some spanish classics, including shrimp with garlic.

   >> this is my favorite. because, anyone can do it.

   >> yeah? anyway?

   >> anyone.

   >> olive oil , garlic.

   >> garlic. beautiful shrimp. you know what, it's a beautiful.

   >> it's clear, you got it.

   >> we put the shrimp we start making sure, that the garlic with the shrimp, the shrimp with the olive oil .

   >> i like you say that. one to each other.

   >> chili pepper .

   >> oh, big chili pepper .

   >> parsley.

   >> salt?

   >> a little bit of salt.

   >> little bit salt.

   >> and the garlic is ready.

   >> look at that.

   >> i'm ready.

   >> it's very short cooking. you don't have to spend too much time.

   >> anyway can do that.

   >> hmm, now.

   >> you actually have a special name for this gazpacho.

   >> gazpacho for patrice yeah my wife. i learned the recipe from her.

   >> ah-ha

   >> here we have tomatoes, green peppers , garlic, little bit of water. cucumber. put the sherry vinegar .

   >> sherry vinegar , ooh.

   >> a little bit of sherry wine.

   >> sherry wine, sherry vinegar , hey now.

   >> and then we turn that on. look at. you can do this, anyone can do this. here you have the beautiful gazpacho. you strain, you serve it in a beautiful glass with this cucumber, fried bread . wow, you are queen or the king in the kitchen.

   >> and i know, doing nothing. taking only a few minutes. now one of the most famous things out of spain that people really live is bread and tomatoes.

   >> you are going to do it. bread toasted. you cut the beautiful tomato, and now you're going to rub it.

   >> just rub it like that?

   >> the tomato against the beautiful bread. and look --

   >> so the juice is going in there.

   >> the juice. you need to make sure that the tomato is very, very, very ripe.

   >> oh. do i squish it?

   >> you squish it and you keep doing it. this is the catalan way.

   >> catalan way i know i know. now you put a little there you go olive oil .

   >> olive oil .

   >> you have to put salt on this in

   >> salt.

   >> i'm not that big of a salt --

   >> this dish, goes very well with your dress. look it. don't get messy.

   >> coordinating your food with my -- by the way, you want to say a quick hello to somebody.

   >> we have a very special person watching. it's a good friend, a good person, and i want to thank him from here. we love you david.

   >> david, we're all with you. and that's hello from me as well. first time hello. also i want to say congratulations because you also have a restaurant.

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