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Tapas, rice and the deep smoke of pimentón. 111 Spanish recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.

The 111 recipes cover 9 of the site’s categories, among them 53 dinners, 31 appetisers and small plates, 8 desserts, 5 lunches, 3 bakes and 3 breakfasts. Of these, 24 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Tomato Toast (8 min), Gildas (10 min) and Pa amb Oli (10 min). For 42, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 65 easy, 43 medium and 3 hard.

As written, 36 are vegetarian, 14 vegan, 40 gluten-free and 60 dairy-free. Another 6 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Paella Valenciana
SpanishEditor’s Pick
Prep
25m
Cook
45m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Paella Valenciana

The Valencian original, with chicken, rabbit and beans rather than seafood, cooked flat in a wide pan until a…

70 min · Medium
Tortilla Española
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Lunch

Tortilla Española

Potatoes and onion confited slowly in olive oil, then bound in egg and cooked until the centre is barely set and…

65 min · Medium
Red Wine Sangria
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
6
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Drinks

Red Wine Sangria

Spanish red wine steeped overnight with brandy, citrus and stone fruit, topped with soda only at the moment of…

4.5 hr · Easy
Patatas Bravas
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
45m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Patatas Bravas

Twice-cooked potatoes with a shattering exterior and a fluffy interior, under a smoky brava sauce that carries…

60–65 min · Easy
Jamón Croquetas
Spanish
Prep
40m
Cook
20m
Serves
20
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Appetizers

Jamón Croquetas

A very thick béchamel studded with jamón, chilled overnight, rolled, crumbed and fried so the outside is crisp and…

10 hr · Medium
Andalusian Gazpacho
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Andalusian Gazpacho

A cold Andalusian soup of raw tomatoes, cucumber, pepper and bread blitzed with sherry vinegar and olive oil until…

4 hr · Easy
Gambas al Ajillo
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Gambas al Ajillo

Prawns sizzled in olive oil with a great deal of garlic and dried chilli, served bubbling in the same dish with…

20 min · Easy
Pan con Tomate
Spanish
Prep
8m
Cook
4m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Pan con Tomate

Toasted bread rubbed with a cut tomato and garlic, dressed with olive oil and salt. Four ingredients, and the…

12 min · Easy
Crema Catalana
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Crema Catalana

A cornflour-set custard flavoured with lemon and cinnamon, chilled in shallow dishes and burnt under a hot iron just…

5.5 hr+ · Medium
Salmorejo
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Salmorejo

Córdoba's thicker, richer answer to gazpacho: tomatoes, bread, garlic and a great deal of olive oil blended into a…

3.5 hr · Easy
Pulpo a la Gallega
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
60m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Pulpo a la Gallega

Octopus boiled until tender, sliced into coins, and dressed with olive oil, coarse salt and a heavy dusting of…

75 min · Medium
Fabada Asturiana
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
150m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Fabada Asturiana

Enormous creamy fabes beans stewed with chorizo, morcilla and pork shoulder until the broth turns orange with…

11 hr · Easy
Burnt Basque Cheesecake
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
50m
Serves
10
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Desserts

Burnt Basque Cheesecake

The tarta de queso from La Viña in San Sebastián: no base, no water bath, and a deliberately scorched top over a…

3 hr · Easy
Migas Extremeñas
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Migas Extremeñas

Stale bread torn small, dampened, and fried slowly in garlic oil with chorizo and peppers until every piece is crisp…

3 hr · Easy
Albóndigas
Spanish
Prep
25m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Albóndigas

Small pork and beef meatballs in an almond and saffron sauce. A tapas plate, and the sauce is thickened with bread…

70 min · Easy
Pollo al Ajillo
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Pollo al Ajillo

Chicken pieces fried hard with a great deal of garlic and finished with sherry. Fifty minutes and five ingredients…

50 min · Easy
Tarta de Santiago
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Tarta de Santiago

An almond cake with no flour in it, stencilled with the cross of Saint James. Fifty minutes and four ingredients.

70 min+ · Easy
Chorizo in Cider
Spanish
Prep
5m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Chorizo in Cider

Slices of cooking chorizo simmered in dry cider until the liquid reduces to a sticky, tangy, paprika-red glaze. The…

25 min · Easy
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Smoked Paprika Chicken

Chicken breasts rubbed with a paste of smoked paprika, garlic, lemon and olive oil, seared and finished covered…

30 min · Easy
Spanish Omelette
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Spanish Omelette

Potatoes and onion slowly cooked in olive oil, then set in beaten eggs into a thick round omelette. Four servings in…

35 min · Easy
Tomato Toast
Spanish
Prep
5m
Cook
3m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Tomato Toast

Toasted bread rubbed with garlic and ripe tomato, drizzled with olive oil and salt. Two servings in 8 minutes.

8 min · Easy
Chorizo and Potatoes
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Chorizo and Potatoes

Small potatoes and sliced chorizo roasted together for 25 minutes with paprika, garlic and thyme until the potatoes…

35 min · Easy
Seafood Paella
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Seafood Paella

Bomba rice cooked in a wide pan with saffron, prawns, mussels and squid until the base crisps into a golden crust.

55 min · Medium
Spanish Garlic Soup
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Spanish Garlic Soup

Garlic, stale bread, paprika and stock simmered for 25 minutes and finished with a poached egg in each bowl.

35 min · Easy
Bacon Wrapped Dates
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Bacon Wrapped Dates

Dates stuffed with an almond and wrapped in streaky bacon, roasted until the bacon is crisp and the dates are sticky.

25 min · Easy
White Sangria
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
0m
Serves
8
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Drinks

White Sangria

Dry white wine with brandy, orange juice and sliced apple, peach and grapes, topped with sparkling water.

2 hr · Easy
Stuffed Dates
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Stuffed Dates

Soft dates stuffed with goat cheese and an almond, warmed in the oven and finished with honey and black pepper.

20 min · Easy
Chickpea and Spinach Stew
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Chickpea and Spinach Stew

Chickpeas and spinach simmered in a garlicky tomato sauce with smoked paprika, cumin and sherry vinegar, Spanish…

35 min · Easy
Mussels with Chorizo
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Mussels with Chorizo

Mussels steamed open in a pan with fried chorizo, garlic, tomato and white wine, finished with parsley.

22 min · Easy
Romesco Sauce
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Sauce

Romesco Sauce

A thick sauce of roasted red peppers, almonds, tomatoes, garlic, smoked paprika, sherry vinegar and olive oil.

35 min · Medium
Churros with Chocolate Sauce
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Churros with Chocolate Sauce

Ridged choux dough fried until crisp, rolled in cinnamon sugar and served with a thick dark chocolate dipping sauce.

35 min · Medium
Vegetable Paella
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
40m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Vegetable Paella

Paella rice cooked in saffron stock with peppers, green beans, artichokes and tomatoes, finished with lemon and…

60 min · Medium
Calamari Rings
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
6m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Calamari Rings

Squid rings dusted in seasoned flour and fried for a few minutes until crisp, served with lemon and aioli.

21 min · Easy
Lentejas
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
40m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Lentejas

A Spanish lentil stew of brown lentils, onion, carrot, pepper and paprika, finished with a splash of vinegar.

50 min · Easy
Pisto
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Pisto

A Spanish vegetable stew of courgette, pepper, onion and tomato slowly cooked in olive oil until soft and sweet.

45 min · Easy
Spanish Chicken and Rice
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Spanish Chicken and Rice

Chicken thighs and rice cooked with paprika, saffron, tomato and peas in a wide pan until the rice is tender and…

50 min · Easy
Pimientos de Padron
Spanish
Prep
5m
Cook
8m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Pimientos de Padron

Small green peppers blistered in olive oil until the skins wrinkle and char, then tossed with flaky salt.

13 min · Easy
Cocido Madrileno
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
150m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Cocido Madrileno

A Madrid stew of chickpeas, beef, chicken, chorizo and vegetables, served in three courses: the broth with noodles…

11 hr · Medium
Torrijas
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Torrijas

Slices of bread soaked in sweetened, spiced milk, coated in egg, fried until golden and rolled in cinnamon sugar, a…

25 min · Easy
Leche Frita
Spanish
Prep
25m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Leche Frita

Thick cinnamon-scented custard set in a tray, cut into squares, coated in flour and egg and cooked until golden with…

2.5 hr+ · Medium
Ensaimada
Spanish
Prep
60m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Baking

Ensaimada

A light Mallorcan spiral pastry of enriched dough rolled thin, coiled and baked, finished with icing sugar.

12 hr · Hard
Magdalenas
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Baking

Magdalenas

Light, tall Spanish sponge cakes scented with lemon and olive oil, baked in paper cases with a characteristic peaked…

65 min · Easy
Ajo Blanco
Spanish
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Ajo Blanco

A cold white soup of ground almonds, garlic, bread and olive oil, served with green grapes and a drizzle of sherry…

75 min · Easy
Gambas Pil Pil
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
8m
Serves
4
Quick view
Appetizers

Gambas Pil Pil

Prawns sizzling in olive oil with plenty of garlic and chilli, served bubbling in the pan with bread for mopping.

18 min · Easy
Escalivada
Spanish
Prep
10m
Cook
50m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Escalivada

Aubergine, red pepper and onion roasted whole until soft and smoky, peeled, torn into strips and dressed with olive…

75 min · Easy
Calçots with Romesco
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Calçots with Romesco

Charred spring onions or baby leeks, steamed in paper and dipped by hand into a nutty, smoky romesco sauce.

55 min · Medium
Fideuà
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Fideuà

Fine short noodles toasted and cooked in a saffron seafood stock with prawns and squid, served with garlic mayonnaise.

55 min · Medium
Arroz Negro
Spanish
Prep
20m
Cook
40m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Arroz Negro

Black rice coloured and flavoured with squid ink, cooked with squid and sofrito in a wide pan and served with alioli.

60 min · Medium

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