We've tried cooking boquerones, anchovies or sardines the Spanish way. As you may know, we love seafood, and now that we're travelling around southern Europe, we're taking the opportunity to try new fish and new recipes.
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The blogger Casa Annika, who guided us in the park Maria Luisa in Seville, not only told us about the tasty little clams. coquinas, but also about the small fish boquerones. These little fish seem to be the same as anchovies, or perhaps sardines. We have now tried to cook them the Spanish way!
Cooking boquerones
We cooked the fish by turning it in wheat flour, salting it and frying it in plenty of olive oil. We removed the head and tail when we ate, and often also the large backbone, which almost fell off by itself.
We have no idea how the Spanish serve them, but we made them for dinner with a few other bits and pieces, such as jacket potatoes with garlic sauce, olives, bread and cheese.
What we thought? The fish was really good (tasted a bit like herring), but quite fatty. In our opinion, they are probably best served as a small tapa, and perhaps not as a full meal. Have you tried them? What do you think?
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BP says:
Love Boquerones, both in fried and roasted form. But best of all is as Boquerones vinaigrette, where they are soaked in olive oil and vinegar. Kind of like gravlax but without the dill and sugar. Most bars in Spain have this dish as a tapa. Also available at Carrefour/Mercadona, but the really homemade ones are much better!
PS. My Spanish neighbour uses herring to make "Swedish boquerones". DS.
19 February 2015 - 21:22
Staffan says:
These are the same fish that are served as "small fishes" in Greece. There they are only served fried upside down and we are divided on the flavour.
I like them very much!
20 February 2015 - 9:14
admin says:
BP, ok interesting to hear how they can be served outside! We haven't eaten out in a restaurant in Spain yet, but we will.
Staffan, it is very possible! We haven't been to Greece (yet). In Croatia we got some kind of small fish, but now I don't remember exactly what they looked like.
20 February 2015 - 10:02
Steve says:
It's great to be able to try other countries' little quirks. I have decided that I have tried boquerones at some tapas bar.
20 February 2015 - 11:05