$ · searing fillets and whole small fish, plancha-style
Get crisp skin instead of a fillet welded to the pan
Skin-on fillets, which need a hot, even surface to release cleanly.
Lodge 12-Inch Cast Iron Skillet
Boquerón in English is Anchovy. It belongs to the Engraulidae family; the names below show how the same fish is sold across international markets.
Also called
🇺🇸🇬🇧Anchovy🇲🇽🇦🇷Anchoa🇫🇷Anchois🇵🇹🇧🇷Anchova🇮🇹Acciuga🇩🇪Sardelle
The European anchovy is a small, oily fish that is rarely eaten fresh outside of Spain and southern France, where it is fried whole as boquerones. More commonly it is cured in salt and oil, becoming the intensely flavored preserved anchovy used in pizza, pasta, salads, and sauces worldwide. Fresh anchovies marinated in vinegar (boquerones en vinagre) are a beloved Spanish tapa.
Names by country
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | Anchovy | Almost always encountered canned or as a pizza topping in the US |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Anchovy | |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | Anchoa | |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | Anchoa | |
| 🇫🇷France | Anchois | Fresh or salt-cured — essential in Niçoise salad and tapenade |
| 🇪🇸Spain | Boquerónprimary | Fresh fried (boquerones fritos) or marinated in vinegar (en vinagre) — a beloved Spanish tapa |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | Anchova | |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | Anchova | |
| 🇮🇹Italy | Acciuga | Also 'alice' (especially in southern Italy and at retail); cured 'colatura di alici' is a Cetara speciality. |
| 🇩🇪Germany | Sardelle | Cured/preserved anchovies are sold as 'Anchovis'. |
Often confused with
Handling fish at home
$$ · filleting, skinning, and trimming whole fish
Fillet a whole fish without wasting half of it
Following the bones and contours of whole fish with a narrow, flexible blade.
Victorinox Fibrox 8-Inch Flexible Fillet Knife
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