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Sopa Marinera Asturiana
Sopa marinera Asturiana is a northern Christmas soup of shellfish, fish broth, stale bread, saffron, and pimentón, thick enough to coat the spoon but still tasting clean of the sea.
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Zarzuela de Mariscos Catalana
Zarzuela is Catalonia's celebration cazuela: fish and shellfish cooked in stages through a dark tomato sofregit, then bound with almond picada so the broth turns glossy, not thin.
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Caldeirada Gallega
Caldeirada Gallega is Galicia's fishermen's pot: potatoes, onion, bay, and firm white fish cooked gently, then dressed at the end with ajada, the garlic and pimentón oil that makes the stew.
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Sorropotún Cántabro
Sorropotún is Cantabria's fisherman stew from San Vicente de la Barquera: bonito del norte, snapped potatoes, onion, pepper, tomato, and a broth thickened by the potato itself.
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Marmitako Vasco
Marmitako is Basque fishermen's spoon food: bonito del norte, potatoes, pepper, tomato, and choricero pulp in a broth thickened by breaking the potatoes, not slicing them.
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Caldillo de Pintarroja Malagueño
Caldillo de Pintarroja is Málaga's sailor soup: small dogfish, potato, tomato, and a fried bread and almond majao that turns a modest broth into proper cocina de cuchara.
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Sopa de Pescado a la Donostiarra
Sopa de pescado a la Donostiarra belongs to San Sebastián: a deep fish stock, slow vegetables, dense sopako bread, and the shellfish added only at the end.
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Sopa de Peix Mallorquina
Sopa de peix is Mallorcan spoon food: a clean rockfish broth, a slow tomato sofrito, saffron and pine nuts pounded into a picada, and bread scalded in the bowl.
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Bullit de Peix Eivissenc
Bullit de Peix is Ibiza's fisherman's meal in two turns: firm white fish and potatoes lifted from a saffron broth with allioli, then short rice cooked in that same broth until dry.
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Sopa de Pescado Cántabra
Cantabria's fish soup turns cheap heads, bones, cabracho, tomato, and bread into a deep coastal broth. Keep the stock gentle, then let the sofrito give it sweetness.
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All Cremat de Vilanova
All Cremat de Vilanova is Catalan boat cooking: garlic taken dark in olive oil, then tomato, fish stock, and firm fish, no potato, just a broth with nerve.
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Cim i Tomba
Cim i Tomba is Catalan, from Tossa de Mar: white fish and potatoes cooked in fish broth, then bound with allioli off the heat so the sauce turns thick and glossy.
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Borrida de Rajada Mallorquina
Borrida de rajada is Mallorca's Lenten skate stew: tender ray, potatoes, and a light broth made rich at the end with a picada of fried almonds and hard-boiled egg yolk.
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Suquet de Peix
Suquet de Peix is Catalan coast cooking: fish, potatoes, tomato sofregit, and a picada of almonds, garlic, and fried bread that turns the broth into a proper stew.
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Caldillo de Perro Gaditano
Caldillo de perro is from the Bay of Cadiz: hake or whiting in a clear garlic and onion broth, finished with sour orange so the fish stays clean and bright.
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Caldereta de Langosta de Menorca
Menorca's caldereta from Fornells is a feast stew of spiny lobster, slow tomato and onion sofrito, and sea broth spooned over dry bread. The sofrito decides it.
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Gazpachuelo Malagueño
Gazpachuelo Malagueño is Málaga's warm fish soup: potato, hake, and clean broth made creamy with homemade mayonnaise whisked in off the heat, because boiling it curdles the whole pot.
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Romesco de Peix
Romesco de Peix is Tarragona's fishermen's stew: firm fish and shellfish simmered in a romesco picada of ñora, nuts, garlic, tomato, and fried bread.
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Caldereta Marinera Asturiana
Caldereta marinera Asturiana is the fishermen's pot of Lastres: rockfish, shellfish, potato, tomato, and pepper, kept soupy and carried by a slow sofrito.
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All i Pebre d'Anguila
All i pebre is Valencian marsh-country spoon food: eel, garlic, sweet pimentón, and cracked potatoes cooked in water until the starch and picada turn the broth glossy and deep red.
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Sopa de Galeras de Cádiz
Sopa de galeras belongs to Cádiz and its bay: cheap, bony mantis shrimp give a deep seafood broth when their shells are pounded, strained, and respected.
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