Of all the varieties of pepper out there, the best one for making roasted pepper salad, or as a side for meat and fish, is the Capsicum variety known as the red bell pepper.
Roasted prawns with garlic, lemon and butter.
This is a rich way of cooking big prawns called gambones in Spanish, although it is not authentically malagan (for Málaga there is too much butter and too little olive oil)...
Salchichon croquettes
Bechamel croquettes are absolutely loved by all locals. Sometimes I wonder if the immense popularity of the fried croquettes is not a little bit exaggerated but I have to admit they have its own..
Salt cod omelettes
This easy recipe which in the past was also a cheap one because of the low price of the saltcod has always been linked to the rather poor people of the sea although these days this fish has skipped,
Sauteed Clams
This recipe is about as simple as it gets, that, and a couple of cloves of garlic and some parsley, are pretty much all you need to make sauteed clams.
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
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..
Smooth clams al pil pil
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The smooth clams are the most iconic shellfish from Málaga. It is nowhere in the world as popular as on the malagan coast and it is mainly in the malagan waters where the smooth clams are harvested.
Yellow Clam and Anchovy Soup
One of the most popular fishermens soups in Malagueno home cooking, especially among the poorer households of the time, when clams and anchovies were almost looked down on and cost next to nothing.