Jun 9, 2026by MH Foods
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
Serves: Serves 6

Classic Gilda Pintxo

Pinxtos are one-bite finger foods served at bars across Spain's Basque Country that showcase local delicacies. The gilda is a simple three-ingredient pinxto starring Conservas Ortiz anchovy fillets, caught from the Cantabrian Sea. Enjoy this salty and savory skewered bite with thirst quenching Basque specialties, such txakoli, the crisp and slightly fizzy local white wine or the region's tart cider. This recipe is one to make your own—adjust the ratios of ingredients to your liking and sub in your favorite olives. 

Adapted from Saveur's Classic Gildas recipe. 

 

Ingredients

6 piparra peppers, sometimes called guindilla peppers, de-stemmed and cut in half

6 Conservas Ortiz Anchovy Fillets

6 pitted Nocellara del Belice olives, also known as Castelvetrano olives or pitted Gordal olives


Instructions

First, slide an olive onto a skewer or a toothpick. Then add both halves of the piparra peppers. Next add the anchovy by folding it into an s-shape and piercing it through the middle. Lastly, add another olive.

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