In the pantry · 18 uses
anchovies
They dissolve. Melted into hot oil at the start nothing tastes of fish — it tastes of depth, and the people who say they hate anchovies have almost always only met them whole on a pizza.
11
dishes and drinks that need it
7
more where it is worth adding
82%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Olive oil is in 73% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 11
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
Worth adding · 7
These work without it. They work better with it.