Favourite Spanish food?

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Finally having done work colleagues round for food in a few weeks. Think we'll do tapas - dp makes the best Patatas bravas and tortilla! What would you like to see on the menu????

Paella!

Patatas bravas!

Chorizo in some sort of sticky sauce, and ham and cheese croquettes.

Boquerones

Croquetas de pollo! They are a ball ache to make but worth it.

I would like to add:
Goats cheese stuffed piquillos
Chorizo al vino
All washed down with a cold glass of cava.

Love tapas!

Flan de leche

Pan con tomate with delicious jamón

Gambas al ajo
Pimientos de padron (usually available in our Sainsburys these days)
Jamon Iberico

Paella washed down with a jug of Sangria!

Padron peppers
Some kind of prawn dish

I second Pimientos de padron with course sea salt. Easy Peasy to do.
Jamon Iberico.
Tortilla de patatas.
Lovely hard cheese.
Big salad, plain but well dressed
Olives.
Nice bread.
Maybe a chickpea stew? But above is enough.
Gambas a wonderful idea, but difficult to get right.

I wouldn't do paella if the evening.Not traditional.

When we went to an amazing tapas bar in Barcelona, we had something we call Spanish Chips. (We cant remember the proper name)
It's basically very skinny fries in a deep bowl, topped with aioli mixed with smoked paprika and finally a soft fried egg on top. The egg is chopped up and everything mixed together in the bowl. Soooo delish!

Berenjenas fritas is my absolute favourite. Also love a good manchego

Parton peppers

A fine dry sherry.

Padron! Padron peppers

Good almonds and olives. Croquettas. Patatas bravas. Manchego cheese

Conejo con pimientos morrones, Rabbit stew with red peppers & tomatoes.

Just found the website
They're called Huevos Cabreados con unntowue piquante and look like this.

UnToque

chorizo in red wine

Thank you all. Pimientos del padron are another definite. Think I'll do some sort of Chiltern /chorizo /black pudding thing. And Croquettes...

Thinking Tarte de Santiago and crema catalan too??

Another vote for berenjenas fritas. Ever had any success making them at home @thebitterboy

Chipirones and Puntilitas.
Probably hard to to at home in the UK.

kitk not really, I think you'd need a proper deep fat fryer to make good ones at home. They're not bad shallow fried, but not as good as the tapas bars in Spain

You're not going to be able to source and cook chiperones, that takes serious talent.

When I come home OP I do the following...

Salted almonds is a great idea...
Fried slices of chorizo
Fried pimientos de padron
Tortilla de patatas
Lovely sliced bread
Olives
Manchego
Sliced tomato and onion salad
Jamon

I'd do fruit for pud. Maybe a big fruit salad with booze. Or sorbet with booze.
Some lovely lindor chocs or similar and nice coffee?

Pudding isn't really a big thing here.