that the chef Jose Andres It’s one of the best ambassadors of our kitchen it is non-negotiable and that, thanks to it, many recipes have jumped the pond and more and more Americans are getting to know our kitchen is undeniable.
Especially when dedicated to pontificate about Spanish cuisine among celebrities and celebritiesas is now the case with drew Barrymorethe popular actress, whom we put a face to in movies like ET, Scream, Donnie Darko, I have never been kissed either Charlie’s Angels.
In this case, taking advantage of a TikTok video with Barrymore and two other people, José Andrés presents one of the star dishes of Mercado Little Spain, a restaurant in New York where different Spanish chefs are present like Dani García or Albert Adrià.
In fact, José Andrés’s trump card comes from something as elementary as dip the candy in the coffee, a very Spanish custom for breakfasts and snacks that, as you will see below, has a lot in dispute with France.
Thus, with an ironic tone and a certain grace, José Andrés guarantees that this sweet from the north of Spain is much better than a croissant because it can be dunked without problems and whole in our coffee with milk, something that, according to him, “cannot be done with a croissant without making strange postures”.
@chefjoseandres Xuixos > Croissants, I don’t make the rules!! Showing my friend @Drew Barrymore the most amazing Spanish pastry. Try it for yourself at Mercado Little Spain in #NYC. #foodtok #pastry #nycfood ♬ original sound – José Andrés
What is certain is that the Asturian chef has put the famous xuxos on the map, a very typical fried sweet from Girona that consists of a thin and cylindrical dough that is then filled with creamfry and sprinkle with sugar.
A treasure that, curiously, has a French inspiration as it looks enormously like the chou à la crème from the neighboring country, since it is supposed to have been a French pastry chef who left this recipe in Catalan lands.
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Also called suso, chucho or susú, The roots of this forceful pastry have gone beyond Catalonia, also penetrating certain parts of the Valencian Community, but the most curious thing is that they also have a certain fame in José Andrés’ native Asturias.
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