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Cadaqués sauce with hake and anchovies

Cadaqués sauce with hake and anchovies

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A Catalan tomato sauce with onions, anchovies, garlic, and parsley, perfect for serving with grilled fish or seafood.

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Recipe from Josep Xicota, Rfom, CommonsDelinker, adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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This tomato-based sauce, seasoned with finely chopped anchovies, comes from the northern coast of Catalonia and is served with both fish and seafood.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodCooking in a saucepan
  • Estimated cost$8.50 $2.13 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $5.16
  • $0.21
  • $0.02
  • $0.54
  • $0.18
  • $2.36
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cook the cleaned cod head in 25 cl of salted water with a thin slice of onion.
  2. Finely chop the onion and sauté it in a portion of the oil. Once the onion is golden, add the flour, peeled and diced tomatoes, fish stock, and crumbled bay leaf. Simmer gently for 20-30 minutes.
  3. In a mortar, combine the anchovies, parsley, and garlic with the remaining oil, then add this paste to the sauce. ≈ 3 min
  4. Strain the sauce through a fine-mesh sieve before serving. ≈ 2 min
  5. Serve it with cooked or grilled fish, or with seafood.

The bill

Cadaqués sauce with hake and anchovies

  • 400 g of fresh tomatoes$5.16
  • 1 medium onion$0.21
  • 1 heaping tablespoon of flour$0.02
  • Fresh parsley$0.54
  • 2 cloves of garlic$0.18
  • 20 cl of olive oil$2.36
  • salt$0.03

Total$8.50

that's $2.13 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 400 g of fresh tomatoes
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 cod fillet
  • Half a bay leaf
  • 6 anchovy fillets, either salted or in a can
  • 1 heaping tablespoon of flour
  • Fresh parsley
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 20 cl of olive oil
  • salt
  • water

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