An endless combination of cold, premade snacks served on a toothpick (pintxos) or on a slice of baguette (montaditos) can be assembled from a few key ingredients:
- Hard boiled eggs
- Sliced dry chorizo
- Boquerónes (white anchovies in vinegar)
- Boiled shrimp
- Smoked salmon
- Canned Spanish tuna in olive oil
- Any tinned fish
- Pitted olives
- Anchovy-stuffed Spanish olives
- Jar of roasted piquillo peppers or pimentos, whole or cut in strips
- Jar of piparras (pickled guindilla peppers)
- Manchego cheese
- Aged soft cheese, like Tarta de casar or any Brie/camembert/ triple cream
- Fresh goat cheese
- Candied chestnuts
- White beans, drained and tossed with olive oil and thyme
- Caviar or roe
- Membrillo (quince paste)
- Figs or fig jam
- Cherry tomatoes
- Pate or foie gras
Classic Pintxos :
- Boquerón, piparra, olive
- Slice of chorizo & cube of Manchego
- Shrimp & Chorizo
- Anchovy stuffed olive & red pepper
- Red pepper, tomato, and boquerón
- Cube of membrillo, cube of Manchego
Classic Montaditos:
- Chopped egg topped with crossed Boquerónes or strips of pimento or chorizo
- Red pepper topped with Spanish tuna and a piparra
- Goat cheese & smoked salmon topped with roe or caviar
- White beans topped with crossed Boquerónes or strips of pimento or chorizo
- Chopped shrimp
- Slices of chorizo topped with chopped egg
- Spanish tuna topped with chopped egg, red pepper,
- Any tinned fish with halved tomatoes, red pepper & roe or caviar
- Cheese and membrillo or fig jam
- Triple cream cheese and candied chestnuts
- Pate or foie gras with chestnuts