Soldaditos de Pavía is a signature dish of Spain; we have verified places to eat it in Madrid. Battered fingers of salt cod, deep-fried until crisp and finished with a strip of roasted red pepper across the top, the militiaman's red sash. Start with where to eat Soldaditos de Pavía in Madrid.
Soldaditos de Pavía · Madrid
Battered fingers of salt cod, deep-fried until crisp and finished with a strip of roasted red pepper across the top, the militiaman's red sash. The Madrid Easter and Lent classic.
Soldaditos de Pavía were named for the Pavia cavalry uniform of General Pavia, who staged the Spanish coup of 1874; the red pepper strip across the golden batter mimics the regiment's sash. Casa Labra on Calle Tetuan, founded in 1860, is the canonical Madrid reference; the bar still serves them at the same standing counter where the Spanish Socialist Party was founded in 1879. The dish appears across Madrid tabernas during Lent.
Where to eat in Madrid:
- Casa Labra
- Bodega de la Ardosa
Where to eat Soldaditos de Pavía in Madrid: the editor picks