Finding Long Lost Marujas (Water Plant Shoots; Called Corujas in Madrid) in Restaurante Sacha (Madrid), Salamanca, Casaserra, El Heliocoptero, Roman Bridges and Serving Marujas for Christmas in Sevilla

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Sunset in a Glass: Adventures of a Food and Wine Road Warrior in Spain - Volume I Foreword by José Andrés Preview (Publication 2021)

 

Article & Photos by Gerry Dawes©2021
 

My old friend Mari Carmen Honrubia de Esquivias eating a bowl of marujas (tiny green water plant shoots) with pomegranate seeds, dressed with a garlicky vinegreta made with Spanish Extra Virgen Aceite de Oliva, Sherry vinegar, minced garlic and sea salt, Christmas Day on Manolo and Mari Carmen Esquivias house in Sevilla.  
Photo by Gerry Dawes©2014 / gerrydawes@aol.com YouTube / Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest.  Sony RX100 III 20.1 MP / Zeiss 24-70mm f1.8-2.8.

Years ago in Salamanca with the legendary doyenne of bullfight aficionados, Alice Hall, at a classic place called El Candil, we had a dish of marujas*, delicate local greens that I was told came from cold water streams in the mountains around Salamanca. We were given a big bowl them dressed with what I thought was a way too garlicky vinagreta dressing. However, the memory of the potential of that dish had stuck with me all these years.  (*Montia fontana L. Portulacáceas, also known as corujas, pamplina, mariquitas and my favorite, annual water miner's lettuce.)

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