Name: Queso Manchego con Aceitunas y Piquillos
Yield: makes 24 canapés
Ingredients: One 1 3/4-inch wedge (about 1/2 pound) Manchego cheese; 30 cured black olives, pitted and chopped; 3/4 cup chopped piquillo peppers or pimientos; 6 anchovy fillets; 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; Minced fresh parsley

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Queso Manchego con Aceitunas y PiquillosCookbook cover image courtesy of Random House

An extremely easy tapa to assemble that comes straight from El Corregidor, the most delightful bar and restaurant in the region of La Mancha, where Manchego cheese is made and windmills from the times of the Errant Knight Don Quixote still stand.

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