Spanish Tapas in English, Recipes in English by Carlos Mirasierras

Fried fresh anchovies
Ingredients: /2 kg fresh anchovies; flour; 2 eggs (whisked); olive oil
Preparation:
Gut the fresh anchovies, cut the heads off, open the fish lengthwise, and
remove the backbone ; next, wash them under running water and drain
thoroughly.
Season with salt
Dip them in a batter made of flour and whisked egg and deep-fry them in hot oil,
making sure that they don't get over-fried
Serve straightaway before they get cold.
Prawns with Romesco sauce
Ingredients: 1 red pepper, preferably the long, thin skinned Roman variety; 3
fat garlic cloves; 1 large fresh red chili; 1 large ripe tomato; 10 shelled
hazelnuts; 10 blanched almonds; 3 sprigs parsley; small slice day-old bread; 8
tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; 400g pack large, cooked, peeled tiger
prawns, defrosted if frozen (if frozen it is better to scald them for 8-10 secs. so
they won't release juices when fried)

Preparation: Prepare ahead - halve the pepper lengthways and remove the
seeds and stalk. Line a grill pan with foil and put the pepper halves, skin side
up, on the grill pan with the whole garlic cloves, chili and tomato. Grill for 2
minutes, turn the tomato, then grill for a further 2 minutes. Remove the tomato
with a large spoon, then peel, quarter and remove the seeds. Then chop the
tomato roughly.
Continue grilling the pepper, chili and garlic for 4-5 minutes, until the pepper
and chili skins have blackened and the garlic is starting to soften (the garlic skin
will start to split when it is ready). When cool enough to handle, peel and halve
the chili, and scrape out and discard the seeds. Peel the pepper and roughly
chop both the pepper and chili.
Spread nuts over the foil and grill until toasted. Finely chop the nuts and parsley
in a food processor. Tip into a small bowl.
Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a frying pan, add the pepper, garlic and chili and fry for 3
minutes. Tear up the bread and add to the pan, turning it in the oil until lightly
browned. Pulse in food processor with the tomatoes, salt, vinegar and oil until
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