Noodles With Fresh Frigate Mackerel
A very popular seafood dish consisting of noodles and salted frigate mackerel.
By Real Academia de Gastronomía
Ángeles Ruiz García
Pebreta tallaeta (a fish and vegetable stew) and noodles with frigate mackerel (2020)Real Academia de Gastronomía
Noodles with frigate mackerel is sailor's fare, and typical along the coast of Alicante. It is a well-established recipe in the traditional cuisine of the region.
Ingredients for noodles with frigate mackerel (2020)Real Academia de Gastronomía
Strangely, although the dish is known as noodles with fresh frigate mackerel (tallarines con melva fresca), it is actually made with salted frigate mackerel.
The fishing ships did not load up with much food. When the fishermen ran out of rice, or simply wanted to add some variety to the their monotonous diet, they used noodles.
The recipe is completed with a sofrito based on onions, peppers and potatoes.
Discover more mediterranean recipes in this exhibition.
Texts: Ángeles Ruiz García
Image: David de Luis (photographer), Sandra Jiménez Osorio (food stylist), Toni Mayor (recipe creation), Taverna El Pòsit (production).
This exhibition is part of the Spanish gastronomy project, España: Cocina Abierta (Spain: Open Kitchen), coordinated by Google Arts & Culture and Spain's Royal Academy of Gastronomy (Real Academia de la Gastronomía). The section on culinary legacy was coordinated by María Llamas, director of the Alambique cookery store and school.
Acknowledgements
Lourdes Plana Bellido, president of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy; Elena Rodríguez, director of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy and Carmen Simón, academic of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy.
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www.alambique.com
