Txangurro is Basque spider crab; a la donostiarra, the crabmeat is baked with onion, brandy and breadcrumbs in its shell; Bilbao also serves it as a pintxo.

Saveur calls txangurro a la donostiarra a locally popular dish created by a Basque chef in the early 20th century and named after Donostia, the Basque name for San Sebastian; cooks classically use small centollo (spider crab) or local buey de mar. In Bilbao it is also a pintxo: Bar El Globo, open on Calle Diputacion since 1997, calls its gratinado de txangurro its most famous pintxo and lists it as a plate at 22 euros at its Plaza Nueva branch. Mina's website lists two txangurro dishes.

Where to eat Txangurro a la donostiarra in Bilbao

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  • Mina

    Order Txangurro in farmhouse egg yolk sauce, or the hake served with a stew of fresh pocha beans.

    Mina is chef Álvaro Garrido's restaurant at Calle Ercilla 37 in Indautxu, built around an open kitchen and fresh fish from the Cantabrian Sea.

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  • Bar El Globo

    Order The pintxo de txangurro gratinado: the bar says you have not been to Bilbao without having tried it.

    Bar El Globo has served pintxos at Calle Diputacion 8 in Bilbao since 1997; the bar says its gratinated txangurro pintxo is the one to try in the city.

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