A typical San Sebastián flavour combination of caramelised onion, roasted green pepper and fresh goat’s cheese. I made these on our annual Easter getaway – this time Roxburghshire. Basque flavours on the Scottish Borders. Pintxos are the northern Spanish equivalent of the tapas of the south; traditionally served on bread and pierced with a wooden toothpick (pintxo means spike) which keeps them together and helps you to eat them and which can also serve as a counter so your bill can be estimated.
Pintxos are made of a number of different ingredients combined together. Tapas are just smaller servings of a particular dish, and often just a single ingredient. Pintxos are individual servings only.
You can share tapas. You don’t share pintxos.
