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Tapas recipes

Small plates of food are so fashionable, but we've got easy tapas recipes so you're not in the kitchen all night.

Moorish lamb meatballs

by The Hairy Bikers

Certainly more-ish, these Spanish lamb meatballs are made with lots of spices and served with crunchy patatas bravas.

Main course

Pil pil prawns

Chorizo tapas

by Mark Sargeant

Starters & nibbles

Easy patatas bravas

Light meals & snacks

Garlic mushrooms

by The Hairy Bikers

Spicy lamb albondigas (meatballs)

by José Pizarro

Spanish omelette

Light meals & snacks

Deep fried calamari with garlic and lemon mayonnaise

Prawn croquetas

Light meals & snacks

Prawns with garlic butter

Starters & nibbles

Aubergine chips with fennel yoghurt

by Russell Norman

Starters & nibbles

Vegetarian paella

by Simon Rimmer

Grilled aubergines with garlic, parsley and feta

by Simon Hopkinson

Grilled squid with lemon, garlic and cumin

Scallops and chorizo

Starters & nibbles

Squid, chickpea and chorizo stew

by Tom Kerridge

Nigel Slater's gazpacho

by Nigel Slater

Starters & nibbles

Ham croquetas with garlic mayo

by James Martin

Light meals & snacks

Arroz verde

Crispy potato and cheese fritters

Vegetable croquettes

Light meals & snacks

Refried black beans

Flamenco eggs

Nigel Slater's gazpacho

by Nigel Slater

Starters & nibbles

Rustic Spanish bread (Pan Rustico)

by The Hairy Bikers

Cakes and baking

Pardina lentils with white wine, Serrano ham and pimentón

Padron peppers

by The Hairy Bikers

Garlic and chilli prawns

by The Hairy Bikers

Ajo blanco

by The Hairy Bikers

Light meals & snacks

Angela's tapas – prawns, cod fritters, clams, padron peppers and chorizo

by Angela Hartnett

Light meals & snacks

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