Spanish Recipes
The dishes that anchor a Spanish table — written the way they are actually cooked, with exact ingredients, honest timings and steps you can follow while your hands are full.
13 recipes
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Arroz con gambas y calamar
step 1 Peel and devein most of the prawns (a fishmonger should be able to do this for you), keeping a few…
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Paella
step 1 Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a wide, shallow pan. Add the prawn heads and parsley stalks and sizzle until…
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Fried calamari
step 1 Cut the squid into rings about ½cm thick. Tip the flour into a freezer bag and season well. Add the…
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Spanish seafood rice
step 1 Heat the oil in a large saucepan and soften the onion for 6-7 mins. Add the pepper and garlic, cook…
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Spanish rice & prawn one-pot
step 1 Boil the kettle. In a non-stick frying or shallow pan with a lid, fry the onion, peppers, chorizo and…
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Seafood rice
step 1 Heat the oil in a deep frying pan, then soften the leek for 5 mins without browning. Add the chorizo…
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Seafood fideuà
Boil the kettle. Empty the mussels into a colander and run under cold water. Throw away any with broken…
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Pan-fried hake, white bean & chorizo broth
step 1 Drain the beans, then tip into a large pan with 2 litres of water. Simmer with the whole garlic…
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Clam, chorizo & white bean stew
step 1 Fry the chorizo in a large frying pan with a lid, over a medium heat until it is starting to crisp up…
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Gambas al ajillo
step 1 Peel the prawns, leaving the tails intact, and, using a cocktail stick, remove the digestive tracts…
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Salt cod tortilla
step 1 Heat half the oil in a frying pan, and sauté the onion over a medium heat until soft and pale gold –…
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Prawns with Romesco sauce
step 1 Prepare ahead - halve the pepper lengthways and remove the seeds and stalk. Line a grill pan with foil…
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Garlicky prawns with sherry
step 1 Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Tip in the garlic slices and cook for a few secs. Then stir…