The Gilda: The Original Pintxo
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Description
The gilda — a single anchovy, a pickled guindilla pepper, and a manzanilla olive on a toothpick — was the first pintxo, created at Casa Vallés in San Sebastián in the 1940s and named for the Rita Hayworth film. Its apparent simplicity is its sophistication: the combination of the anchovy's glutamates, the guindilla's mild acid heat, and the olive's fat produces a complete flavour experience in three ingredients. Everything about pintxos culture flows from this first composition.
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