Spanish Recipes

The quintessential ingredients are all here: tomatoes, leftover bread, garlic, and a hint of sherry vinegar.

Perfect for a large dinner party, this paella serves 12, but the recipe can easily be doubled to feed a crowd. It's a spectacular entree packed with calamari, clams, mussels, shrimp, chicken, and pork.

The flavor of romesco improves with time; you can store it in the refrigerator for up to three days before serving, at room temperature.

This Spanish-inspired take on steamed mussels will transport you to distant ports. Start by crisping up chorizo—just a bit provides a nice smoky punch—then toss in some shallot, garlic, and white wine. Add cherry tomatoes for sweetness and white beans for texture, add the mollusks, and cover. Dinner in less than 30 minutes—and next to no cleanup.

The beauty of gazpacho is that you can marinate the ingredients in the fridge for an hour or even overnight, so all you need to do right before serving is rev up your blender. Garnishes of firm but ripe peaches, bell pepper, English cucumber, and fresh herbs add texture and interest to the bowl.

Based on Tortilla Espanola, this Spanish dish is traditionally accompanied by garlic mayo, but it is also delicious on its own.

Dried chorizo contributes a spicy note to this paella made with chicken thighs and fresh mussels and shrimp. Saffron, which is traditional in the Spanish rice dish, adds a vibrant gold color and distinctive flavor.

Try this delicious recipe for white gazpacho courtesy of chef Michelle Bernstein. This soup has a rich, nutty flavor that will be an instant favorite.

If you're looking for a refreshing and delicious cocktail, try white sangria. This fruity summer punch can be made a day ahead and refrigerated. It's just the thing for a barbecue.

Thanks to ingredients like ground cumin, a generous pinch of saffron and dry white wine, this fish stew is pleasingly aromatic.

An easy-to-make twist on the classic chilled soup.

This delicious one-pan dinner simplifies classic paella: It has fewer ingredients but keeps the essence of Spain.

A pitcher of sangria made with white wine, fruit, and liqueur will get the party started.

A stash of this flavorful Spanish sauce means you're always one step ahead. The only thing easier than making it is finding ways to use it. Try it in Shrimp and Mussels with Sofrito or Chicken with Sofrito. For perfect portions, freeze sofrito in ice cube trays, then transfer to a zip-top bag to store.

In this easy tapas-inspired appetizer, creamy feta cheese is topped with a mix of red peppers, lemon zest, olives, and the juiciest tomatoes you can find. Let everything meld together, then warm it up in the oven and serve with toasted pita, naan, or lavash to sop it all up. 

This blend of fruit, wine and raspberry liqueur (instead of the usual brandy) is a surefire way to take the edge off the summer heat. This classic drink looks pretty too!

Stone fruits like peaches, nectarines, plums, and cherries come together to infuse this refreshing sangria with a summery sweetness.

Martha's recipe for paella, the classic Spanish dish that's a good choice for a dinner party, is chock full of chicken, pork, clams, mussels, and shrimp. Cooking over a wood fire to give the meal an authentic flavor.

Ripe peaches and honeydew are the stars of this cool summer punch. It can be made a day in advance and stored in the refrigerator; just leave out the seltzer until you're ready to serve.

When made with an aromatic mix of roasted peppers and saffron, everyday chicken and rice is deliciously transformed into arroz con pollo, a Latin-American favorite. A short-grain rice such as Bomba, from Spain, absorbs the liquid without becoming mushy. Threads of saffron turn it a vibrant red-orange and impart fragrance and flavor.

Crispy on the outside and light and airy on the inside—it's no surprise to us that churros are a beloved pastry in Mexico and Spain. While you can find them fried up by a street food vendor in Mexico City (dusted with cinnamon-sugar), or served up at the breakfast table in Madrid, we think they're perfect piled on a platter for your next tapas party. For this recipe, we garnished them the Spanish way: with a light dusting of confectioners' sugar and a rich and spicy chocolate dipping sauce.

Whip up this deeply flavored main dish that's filled with grated Manchego cheese, diced green pepper, and smoked paprika. Made with ground turkey, it's a lean, flavorful meatloaf recipe.

The olive topping on our cod was inspired by tapenade; it includes olives, anchovies, capers, olive oil, and lemon juice. Use a ceramic or glass baking dish; an aluminum dish could react with the acidic lemon juice and discolor the fish.

Inexpensive pork shoulder becomes meltingly tender after a low-and-slow braise in an elixir of dry cider and broth in this stew that's inspired by the pot roasts from the Basque region of Spain that marry pork, apples, and hard cider. This stew will bring the magic of fall right to your home kitchen.