Our Spanish AGA
Have you ever wondered what a Spanish equivalent of an English Aga would look like…
The design suggests none of your gentle, confident English pastoralism here. It’s got the tight buttocks of a bull fighter and the hot sharp spurs of a jinete.
It’s new to our kitchen and is now the heart of the house, producing as it does 24500 Kcal. That’s sufficient to do all our cooking and produce enough hot water, in tandem with the solar panel, to run the underfloor heating too. It burns wood, naturally, so I will be preparing a mixture. Pine for hot rapid heat and olive or almond to make it tick over.
But it needs christening and it’s all a bit new to us. So here goes…
Take one fresh local chicken, a bit of smoked bacon, some garlic and rosemary from the garden. When the oven is around 200 degrees centigrade, pop it in.
And the results, a tad on the ’scorchio’ but the taste fantastic.
Paul Beckmann said,
February 24, 2009 @ 8:27 pm
Chicken looks great, but the rosemary has clearly suffered! I don’t know about the bullfighting simile, but I think it looks ‘Spanish Baroque’ - I love the columns at the sides. I think you’ll have to clean the brass pretty regularly!
teresa said,
April 11, 2011 @ 10:01 am
hi,was just wondering if you still have this cooker and how well it was doing for you now.can you let me know where you bought it from and the price range.thanks a lot
admin said,
April 11, 2011 @ 4:44 pm
Hi Teresa,
The range is fantastic. It came from Hérgom in Santander though via one of their agents in Spain. It takes a little getting used to cooking with but we love it. Are you in Spain?
Best wishes, Simon.