May 1, 2026
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Pintxo de Bonito Recipe – How to Make Pintxo de Bonito at Home

Pintxo de bonito — three baguette slices topped with tuna spread, roasted red pepper and anchovy, skewered with olives on a wooden board, Basque Country

During our trip to Bilbao, we got inspired by the pintxos from Bar El Globo, so we wanted to make this Pintxo de Bonito at home. This is great for having friends over or smaller dinner parties, as an appetizer. It’s very easy to make, and it requires no cooking.

This is the recipe, so you can make it yourself.

Pintxo de bonito — close-up of tuna spread, anchovy, roasted red pepper and olive on a toothpick on a baguette slice, Basque Country

Pintxo de Bonito recipe

Servings 2 people
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes

Equipment

  • Toothpicks
  • Fork
  • Big bowl
  • Knife

Ingredients

  • 1 tin Bonito (use Tuna as an alternative)
  • Mayo
  • 1 Baguette
  • 1 tin Anchovies
  • Pimientos de Piquillo (roasted red peppers)
  • Guindillas picantes (pickled green chili peppers)
  • Green olives

Instructions

  • Empty the tin of Bonito into a big bowl
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 1 — hands holding an Ortiz Bonito del Norte in olive oil tin over a wooden board
  • Add a couple of spoons of mayo over the Bonito
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 2 — a spoonful of mayonnaise being added from a jar into a mixing bowl
  • Mix the Bonito with the mayo into a paste, using a fork
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 3 — bonito and mayonnaise mixed into a chunky pale paste in a glass bowl with a fork
  • Cut the baguette into slices
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 4 — hands slicing a crusty baguette into rounds on a wooden chopping board
  • Add the Bonito and mayo spread onto the baguette slices
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 5 — hand holding a baguette slice spread with bonito and mayo paste, with guindillas and mixing bowl in background
  • Add an anchovy on top of the bonito spread
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 6 — a single anchovy fillet laid lengthways on bonito mayo spread on a baguette slice
  • Add a piece of roasted pepper over the anchovy
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 7 — a strip of roasted red pepper laid over the anchovy on bonito mayo spread on a baguette slice
  • Cut the pickled pepper into medium pieces
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 8 — hand cutting a guindilla pickled pepper into pieces on a wooden chopping board
  • Put an olive and the pickled pepper on a toothpick
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 9 — hands threading a green olive and guindilla piece onto a toothpick held up close
  • Put the toothpick through the spread and the baguette slice
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 10 — hands holding a finished pintxo with toothpick, olive, guindilla, red pepper and anchovy on bonito spread

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