Snacks & appetizers

2 recipes

A golden fried bánh cống on the table, one cake broken open to show the shrimp on top and the mung bean layer inside
Vietnam

Bánh Cống (Banh Cong): Sóc Trăng Fried Shrimp Cake Recipe

Banh cong recipe: turmeric rice-flour batter layered with pork, mung beans, taro and a shell-on shrimp, fried in a deep mold and eaten in lettuce and herbs.

Carcamusas, a Toledo specialty: pork, chorizo and green peas stewed in red tomato sauce in a small dish
Spain

Carcamusas: Toledo's Pork, Chorizo and Pea Stew

Carcamusas is a Toledo bar tapa of pork, chorizo, jamón and green peas in a tomato sauce cooked down until it clings to bread. Ready in about an hour.