As if two of your favorite artists were announcing a song together. That’s how it feels that Javier Marca, the name behind Panic -one of the best bakeries in Madrid- and the team of Rapaz -a food house we already told you about in this review- have announced a collaboration. Good news for lovers of good food that translates into the opportunity to try some garlic soups in authentic clay pots from Pereruela.
This very special gastronomic event, one of those worth marking on the calendar, will take place next February 28 at 1 pm while stocks last (between 100 and 120 servings will be served first-come-first-serve ). The garlic soups, although cooked by Txitxo, from Rapaz, will not be served on the tables of his stall in the Mercado de los Mostenses: it will be the Panic store in Conde Duque, 13 that will host the event.
The premises, of course, is not the only thing that Panic will provide: its bread will be used to prepare this spoon dish: “the same bread that you put between your chest and back when you visit its restaurant,” Rapaz adds. In other words: it is the bread they always use in their restaurant.
A recipe to recover the traditions of the north
The spirit of Rapaz, says Rita, a member of the team, is closely linked to their personal and family recipes: “Many of the dishes eaten in our restaurant are taken from the family recipes of our mothers or grandmothers”.
That is why the garlic soups will follow Txitxo’s mother’s recipe to the letter, based on bread, garlic, smoked lard, oil, salt, water and paprika. To finish honoring the traditions of their land, the dish will be served in the Pereruela ceramic pot, the classic Zamoran earthenware dish, which you can take home with you.
“The three partners of Rapaz, being from the north, we come from a tradition of garlic soup in the village where they used to serve it for breakfast, lunch and dinner if you were absent-minded. Mythical image of the village in summer is that of the villagers with the chair bogged down outside in the street, literally eating the soups for breakfast in the clay bowl. Well, that is what we intend to bring to Conde Duque”, summarizes Rita.