
The product
Acciughe Cantabriche 'Mariposa' in olio evo
Double fillets of anchovies in extra virgin olive oil
Code:
93697
Country of origin:
Spain
Weight:
105 g net weight, 55 g drained weight
Minimum order:
1 piece
Description | Spectacularly large Cantabrian anchovy fillets, opened and tied by the tail, dipped in extra virgin olive oil of the Arbequina variety |
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Appearance | Fillets of big size worked in the shape of a butterfly (mariposa in Spanish), open and united by the tail, in extra virgin olive oil |
Taste | The consistency is soft with a good structure that makes it pleasent in the mouth; the taste is sweet with a deep flavour |
Curiosity | Every single fillet is cleaned and packed by hand by a group of women, the fileteras', who traditionally dedicate themselves to this work with skill and meticulousness |
Our selection | In the Cantabrian Sea, anchovies have the possibility to eat a lot in a water more oxygenated and colder than those of the Mediterranean; this leads them to develop a layer of fat such as to make the meat juicy and firm. The fat is one of the qualities of these anchovies, for this reason, the best catch is between April and June, in the months just after winter |
Weight | 105 g net weight, 55 g drained weight |
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Packaging | In tin |
The producer
Yurrita e Hijos - Mutriku - Spain

Why we chose them
Yurrita and Hijos is a company founded in 1867 by the Yurrita family, which for 5 generations produces Cantabrian Anchovies. Yurrita is in the
Basque Country, in Mutriku, that is a small fishing village overlooking the Cantabrian Sea, about an hour's drive from San Sebastian. When we
visited the company we hit the link with tradition and attention to quality in every process of the production chain: from the purchase of anchovies
in
nearby marinas to manic cleaning the fish, from the long aging of the product in salt packaging manual. Every single anchovy fillet is cleaned and
packaged manually by a group of only women, "why only women are capable of doing this painstaking work - confessed Juan Yurrita during the
visit - while men are dedicated to offshore fishing". Recently the Yurrita family also acquired a processing facility of "Bonito del Norte", the famous
albacore tuna caught in Cantabrico. The tuna is caught on the hook and the fishing trip was a real ceremony in the offshore, which lasts about a
week or even more