FOOD MARKETS
Food Markets of Málaga
Mercado de Pedregalejo
c/ Navas Ramírez, 2 29017 Málaga
Mon. – Sat.: 9am – 2pm Sun. : closed
Mon. – Sat.: 9am – 2pm Sun. : closed
Mercado de Portada Alta
c/ Archidona, 21 29007 Málaga
Mon. – Sat.: 9am – 2pm Sun. : closed
Mon. – Sat.: 9am – 2pm Sun. : closed
RECIPES
Original recipes from Málaga
Fish

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Ajobacalao (ajocolorao) – salt cod spread
Ajobacalao (also known as ajocolorao) is one of the most original recipes from Málaga and there is nothing better you can spread on a toasted bread than this. It originally comes from the Costa...
Meat

55 out of 5 stars (based on 1 review)
Chivo al ajillo (kid goat with garlic)
This might one of the most authentic malagan recipes outside the sea world. I tend to avoid the kid goat meat because I just feel too sorry for the young animal but the meat might be the best and fine
Fish

Anchovy casserole
Anchovies, lemon, garlic, oil and parsley. The eternal set of magic ingredients which incredibly always comes with new surprising combinations. This is the easiest way to cook in a true malagan ...
Gluten-free

Gambas al ajillo (garlic prawns)
This a lovely, extremely simple recipe, which most of the places not only in Málaga get wrong by overcooking the prawns. There is a formula 1 changing tyres situation after the dish is done because it
Fish

Pickled fried anchovies (escabeche)
This is a traditional, very clever way of preserving redundant, fried fish, in this case, anchovies. I come from middle Europe and we have exactly the same way of preserving fish, albeit anchovy is us
Vegetable

Scrambled eggs with asparagus
There are two kinds of asparagus you can get in one of the Malaga markets. The first one is the cultivated one, it is usually much thicker and more uniform, the second one is wild and you can get it..
Vegetarian

Sautéed mushrooms with garlic
It was really surprising for me when I first learnt the important role of mushrooms in malagan cuisine. Coming from the mushrooms paradise myself where 90% per cent of adults spend their free time
Soup

Ajoblanco – cold almond soup
This original, strange but ultimately seducing cold soup is one of the unique windows into the long history of Andalusian cuisine. It is a less famous brother of gazpacho and probably gives us an idea