La Tasca - Durham

While You Choose

• Pan Con Selección**£4.25

  Bread baked in-house, grilled & served with a selection of traditional Spanish accompaniments for dipping: extra virgin olive oil & sherry vinegar reduction, grated vine-ripened tomatoes & alioli

• Pan De Ajo**£2.95

  Bread baked in-house. brushed with fresh garlic oil, grilled & served with alioli

• Kikos Y Habas£1.20

  Spicy fried corn kernels & broad beans

• Pan Tumaca**£3.50

  Bread baked in-house, brushed with fresh garlic oil, grilled & served with grated vine ripened tomato & smoked sea salt

• Smoky Manzanilla Olives£2.95

  Pitted manzanilla olives from Andalucía in a smoky paprika & garlic dressing

• Honey Coated Almonds£2.95

  Large Spanish Marcona almonds baked with honey & sea salt

• Pan Del Día** *£3.05

  Bread baked in-house rubbed with oil, grilled & served with a pot of extra virgin olive oil & sherry balsamic reduction

• Gordal Olives*£3.70

  Large green olives from Andalucía, sweet & juicy!

All New Montaditos

3 for £4.95 or 6 for £8.95. Montadito is in the Spanish verb montar ('to mount'). Small slices of baked bread are rubbed with fresh garlic olive oil, grilled & topped or 'mounted', with fresh ingredients

• Manchego Y Membrillo£1.95

  Spanish sheep's milk cheese with sweet quince paste

• Jamón Y Padrón£1.95

  Sliced Serrano ham with a fried padron pepper

• Jamón Serrano Y Manchego£1.95

  Sliced Serrano ham, manchego cheese & piquillo pepper

• Salchichón Y Pepinillos£1.95

  Sliced Spanish salami with baby gherkins

• Chorizo£1.95

  Sliced chorizo with a spicy guindilla chilli

Tapas

Pescado

• Pescado Rebozado£5.00

  Deep fried white fish in an Alhambra Reserva beer batter served with alioli & a lemon wedge

• Boquerones£4.25

  White anchovies marinated in olive oil

• Gambas Pil Pil£6.99

  King prawns cooked in garlic, chilli & olive oil, served with baked bread

• Calamares£5.75

  Crispy squid, sprinkled with smoked sea salt, served with alioli

Pollo

• Pollo Con Chorizo£5.50

  Chicken & chorizo in a creamy white wine & smoky paprika sauce

• Croquetas De Pollo£5.25

  Crumbed croquettes filled with chicken in a creamy béchamel sauce on alioli

• Sticky Chicken Wings£5.50

  Crispy chicken wings with a honey & sherry balsamic glaze

Carne

• Albondigas£5.95

  Roasted pork meatballs, in a rich, slow-cooked spicy tomato sauce

• Chorizo£5.50

  Fresh 'dulce' chorizo sausage, sautéed with caramelised red onion, garlic & thyme

• Chorizo & Manchego Croquetas£4.95

  Crumbed croquettes filled with a creamy chorizo & manchego with béchamel sauce, on piquillo purée

• Pedro Ximenez Pork Ribs£5.95

  Fall off the bone pork ribs with Pedro Ximénez glaze

• Slow Cooked Pork Cheeks£5.50

  Confit pork cheeks in a rich Pedro Ximénez sauce, served with crispy patatas

• Fabada Asturiana£5.00

  A rich Spanish morcilla, chorizo, pork belly & bean stew, the signature dish of Asturias

Verdura

• Patatas Bravas£4.50

  Crispy cubes of potato with a spicy sofrito tomato sauce & alioli

• Champinones*£4.00

  A seasonal blend of mushrooms, sautéed in garlic & white wine

• Brocoli Ala Brasa*£4.00

  Char-grilled broccoli with garlic & red chilli dressing

• Tortilla*£4.45

  Traditional potato, caramelised onion & egg frittata

• Ensalada De Calabaza*£4.95

  Roasted butternut squash, red chicory & lamb's lettuce with manchego shavings & a sherry & shallot dressing

• Pimientos De Padron*£4.00

  Fresh Galician green peppers fried in olive oil & sprinkled with smoked sea salt

• White Bean & Tomato Stew*£4.00

  A rich & rustic bean, tomato & kale stew

• Croquetas De Espinacas£4.95

  Crumbed croquettes, filled with a creamy goats cheese and spinach béchamel sauce, on piquillo purée

Charcuteria

• Embutidos Reserva£5.95

  Slices of salchichón, chorizo & jamón Serrano from Galician pure bred Duroc pork, cured for up to 14 months

• Tabla La Tasca£12.95

  A platter of sliced manchego, chorizo, jamón Serrano & salchichón with a pot of smoky manzanilla olives

• Manchego Y Membrillo£4.95

  The definitive Spanish cheese from La Mancha made with sheep's milk, served with a membrillo sweet quince paste

Sides

• Pan**£1.95

  Bread baked in-house & griddled to order

• Rice£1.00

• Fritas£1.95

  Crispy shoestring fries

• Ensalada Mixta£2.50

• Sliced Sautéed Potato£1.95

  Crispy sautéed potato slices

• Roasted Butternut & Wilted Kale£2.50

Our Famous Paellas!

For one, two or more to share (Price are per person) Our paella is freshly cooked to order by our chefs the Valencian Way. Using traditional cooking methods and served to the table in a traditional paella pan with a 'socarrat' — a lightly charred base. *Price per person

• Paella Verduras£10.00

  With seasonal vegetables

• Paella De Mariscos£13.00

  With king prawns & squid

• Paella De Carne£11.00

  With chicken breast & chorizo

• Paella Valenciana La Tasca£12.00

  With chicken breast, mussels, king prawns & squid

Mains

For those who don't like sharing

• Chorizo Burger£9.99

  A tender patty of beef chuck, short rib & chorizo cooked to perfection, served in a brioche bun with caramelised onion, manchego, piquillo pepper ketchup & served with patatas fritas

• Slow Cooked Pork Cheeks£9.99

  Confit pork cheeks in a rich Pedro Ximénez sauce, served with sautéed potatoes, roasted butternut & wilted kale

• Hake£12.99

  A pan-fried hake fillet served on a bed of patatas & broccoli with a piquillo purée & a parsley & pine nut gremolata

• Rump Steak£12.99

  8oz top rump steak cooked to your liking, rested, sliced & served with caramelised onion & patatas fritas

• Brocheta De Pollo£9.99

  Chicken breast marinated in a honey & paprika spiced glaze skewered with onion & padron peppers & served with salad or patatas bravas