Recipes with Santoña anchovies to make you fall in love this Valentine’s Day

Ingredients:

• A thick slice of watermelon
• 2 slices of cheese
• Olive oil
• Black salt flakes
• Apple cider vinegar
• yuzu pearls
• Germinated leek sprouts
• Coastal Cantabrian anchovy fillets in olive oil “Extra Selection” from Pujadó Solano

Preparation:

1. Cut a slice of watermelon.
2. Using a metal cutter, cut the watermelon slice to obtain a round piece of watermelon.
3. Put a small splash of olive oil in the pan.
4. Grill the watermelon slice on both sides for a few minutes.
5. Using the same metal cutter, cut a couple of slices of cheese to obtain round slices.
6. Place a round slice of cheese, place the watermelon slice on top, and place another slice of cheese on top of the watermelon slice.
7. Top with some sprouted leek shoots, some yuzu pearls and an anchovy.
8. Drizzle with olive oil, vinegar and salt flakes.

2) Citrus toast with Palo Santo cheese and Albariño

by @regalmenendez.

Ingredients:

• EVOO with lemon
• Extra orange marmalade
• Palo Santo cheese with Albariño wine
• Anchovy fillets in extra virgin olive oil from Pujadó Solano
• Serrano ham
• Organic Thyme
• Village Ball

Preparation:

1. We lightly toast the slice of bread.
2. We add a splash of EVOO with lemon.
3. We spread the orange marmalade.
4. We add the Albariño cheese, Serrano ham and anchovy fillets.
5. Finally the touch of thyme.

3) Salad with anchovy fillets

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes
• Avocado
• Strawberries
• Mozzarella
• Santoña Pujadó Solano anchovy fillets
• Flax seeds

Preparation:

1. It’s as easy as cutting all the vegetables and fruits into the shape you like and placing them on a plate around the mozzarella cheese.
2. Then arrange the anchovies gracefully on top.
3. Finally, sprinkle the flax seeds.

It’s an easy, fresh, healthy and delicious recipe!

4) Goat cheese tapa, piquillo pepper jam and anchovy fillets

Ingredients:

• Goat cheese
• Piquillo pepper jam
• Santoña Pujadó Solano anchovy fillets

Preparation:

1. There is not much secret to this tapa, it is very simple and only requires combining these three quality ingredients that offer a unique combination of flavors that will make your fingers lick. A simple and delicious snack.

5) Spaghetti alla puttanesca with anchovies

For those looking to make a more elaborate dish, here is a typical recipe from Italian cuisine that many of you will surely know: spaghetti alla puttanesca, with anchovies being one of its key ingredients. Ingredients (for two people approx.):

• 250 g of spaghetti
• 60 g pitted black olives
• 3 ripe tomatoes or about 250g of tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon of capers
• 4 anchovy fillets from Santoña Pujadó Solano
• 1 clove of garlic
• A tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 small chilli pepper (peperoncino)

Preparation:

1. Boil the pasta in water (without much salt since the sauce contains salty ingredients) according to the time indicated by the manufacturer.
2. Peel the tomatoes and cut them into small cubes.
3. Chop the capers, slice the olives and chop the anchovy fillets.
4.  In a frying pan with a little olive oil: brown the garlic, chilli or peperoncino and anchovies.
5. Once the anchovies have been broken up, add the capers and olives.
6.  Add the tomato and let it fry.
7. Sauté the spaghetti with the sofrito and half a ladle of cooking water for a couple of minutes. And it’s ready!

6) Strawberries with anchovies and condensed milk

Ingredients:

• Strawberries
• Santoña Pujadó Solano anchovy fillets
• Condensed milk

Preparation:

1. Yes, you read that right. Although it may seem like a strange combination at first, we assure you that it is delicious. All you have to do is put these ingredients together and voila! You will notice a sweet and salty touch that somehow harmonizes perfectly. You will see.

As you can see, anchovies from Santoña are a food that can be used to make many different types of dishes, whether tapas, starters, hot or cold. You just have to let your imagination run wild and you can surely come up with any dish that includes anchovies. We hope you enjoyed this selection of recipes that will surely make someone fall in love this Valentine’s Day. Happy Valentine’s Day!