Spain as a country uses every alcohol we produce apart for drinking it we use it for cooking

They are delicious, healthy, it takes no time to cook them and they are so cheap!

I first tried this dish in a restaurant years ago and fall in love with it. It is not a dish that Spaniards come by often as it is a very regional dish from Valencia, the type that didn’t travel, it stayed in the region.

This super quick dish relies on fresh clams and monkfish and little more as this is how fishermen would cook them while out on the boat. But it’s just as popular on land!

We don’t only tin tuna in Spain, we have an array of recipes for it. This is one of the recipes my mother cooks at home all the time. She makes a very tasty sauce but, with all respect to my mum, she overcooks the fish to death in a very old fashioned way. I don’t blame her, that is just as how she learnt to cook it! This is my fresher and lighter version of this home classic, which I will cook for her soon; let’s see what she thinks.

What makes this cod with peas and parsley truly special is how it brings people together. Whether you're serving it for a casual family dinner or hosting friends, this Spanish cod recipe creates moments of joy around the table. The green sauce, made vibrant with fresh parsley peas, transforms simple cod into something extraordinary.

What makes this recipe truly special is its ability to bring people together. Whether you're hosting a casual Sunday lunch or an elegant dinner party, there's something mesmerizing about bringing a steaming pan of seafood fideua to the table, watching your guests' eyes light up as they discover this lesser-known Spanish treasure.