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As you know our drink is called Pardorán because we are and live in El Pardo, a town on the outskirts of Madrid just 7 km from the center and as you may have noticed we Pardeños (not Pardillos 😊) have one thing going on: either we are super proud to be from here, or we don't want to know anything more about El Pardo in our lives. Can you guess what kind we are? Well, that's just it. That's why we started this PardoBlog and we do it with 2 main ideas:
- show you tips, tricks and super-easy recipes with Pardoran, and not only Pardoran, for when you are hosting at home or partying with friends.
- share with you curious facts about our town El Pardo
Several of the things you ask us the most when we meet at events is about the secret recipe of Pardoran. The other is whether there are ghosts in the palace of El Pardo and whose ghosts they are. So let's start this blog by answering those 2 questions:
Indeed, Pardorán is a secret recipe that we do not share completely, because it is the result of a family recipe and many tests that we started making at home 20 years ago.
It came about because we realized that we had a problem: we didn't like gin and tonics, whiskeys, or strong drinks that immediately go up and make you feel numb, and when we felt like having something special we were missing a soft, rich drink with little alcohol, to enjoy a couple of drinks without going overboard, that we could repeat and above all wake up calmly the next day.
Solution: create the perfect drink... So we started with the elaboration of the perfect drink for us and the result was our Pardorán, an aromatic drink of only 7 degrees (it is not even a liqueur because of its low alcohol content), based on 2 fruits and a mixture of double distilled and macerated distillates. And for the moment we can tell you no more 😊....
We hope you have already tried it. If you haven't tried it yet, try it now:
- In a wine glass, place a couple of ice cubes and turn them 3-4 times inside the glass to cool it.
- Add Pardoran up to half a glass and a slice of orange, lemon or sour green apple. Any of them goes very well
If you want you can also change the normal ice cubes for ice cubes made with Pardorán to which you will have added a slice of orange before putting them in the freezer. Once they have frozen, all you have to do is put them in the wine glass and add Pardoran.
You can also keep your bottle of Pardoran in the fridge and drink it chilled without adding ice. It is your moment of relaxation, so drink it as you like. Here you can see where you can drink it in restaurants, bars, etc: Where to drink it and here you can see where to buy it if you like to go to physical stores: Where to buy it.
In the 15th century El Pardo was already a royal hunting site visited by kings. The hunting lodge that existed before was transformed into a palace in 1547 by Emperor Charles V. From then on it was visited by kings throughout time to hunt and even spend several months at a time. In 1604 a great fire destroyed a large part of the building and since 1772 it looks as it does today.
If you believe in ghosts you will agree that it is a long time, a lot of people and a lot of history for a ghost to have stayed in the palace (or still be around). Besides, King Alfonso XII did die in the palace in 1885.
PHOTO PAINTING: Death of Alfonso XII (The Last Kiss). 1887 Benlliure see continuation.....
Some of the current workers in the building say that there are lights that turn on and off in rooms where there is no one, and even David Zurdo and Ángel Gutiérrez tell in one of their books that after Franco died - he lived there from 1939 to 1975 - he appeared to a soldier who was standing guard at the wall surrounding the palace. It is said that Franco was on horseback and asked him for news. The soldier squared his shoulders and gave him the news he asked for, his voice choked with fright: 'No news,' he said, and the ghost disappeared.
Currently the Royal Palace of El Pardo is since 1983 the Official Residence of Foreign Heads of State when they come on official visits to Spain. It would be necessary to ask them if they have seen or heard anything out of the ordinary when they sleep in the palace and get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom?
Occasionally there may be occasional closures due to the celebration of official events.
And if you want to know more about El Pardo visit: go to the web
In the next issue of the blog we will start giving you recipes for refreshing drinks so you can make them yourself and we will tell you more curious facts about El Pardo. Your opinion is important to us: tell us if you liked it, what would you like us to talk about?
