Patatas bravas as they should be: crisp, olive oil-fried potatoes topped with a tomato sauce, well-flavoured with hot pimentón and sharpened with a little vinegar. For the salsa brava ...

While the food was vastly different from place to place, the one thing we always found the same was the Patatas Bravas. This is one of those tapas that is universally loved throughout Spain.

My aunt gave me the recipe for patatas bravas. Potatoes play a special role in Spanish cuisine but are used quite differently than in our native dishes. The most famous dishes are the potato ...