Tapas for Entertaining Course in Co. Wicklow

Product Code : IRETAPAS

Cook like the Spanish do! Tapas is suitable for all occasions and there are different ways of how to serve Tapas. Get some unique recipes from TV-Chef Catherine Fulvio in Wicklow, that will impress on your guests and leave you wanting more! Start serving Tapas now!

Tapas for Entertaining Course in Co. Wicklow

Tapas for Entertaining Course in Co. Wicklow: Fascinating Facts

Tapas comes from the Spanish verb tapar, which means "to cover". The tapas tradition began, according to a legend, when king Alfonso X of Castile or Alfonso the Wise, recovered from an illness by drinking wine mixed with small dishes between meals. When he recovered, the king started to order the taverns to serve with a small snack or tapa with every beverage. This loophole in the law allowed drinkers to consume alcohol. The original tapas were slices of bread or meat, accompanied usually with sherry to cover their glasses between sips.

Taverns realised early that their alcohol sales was increasing, much thanks to tapas, because of its sales in food, that made the customers thirsty. Ingredients such as Ham or chorizo were very salty and became eventually very important and tapas grew in popularity. Soon tapas and alcohol was the most popular way to enjoy an evening in Spain.