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European anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolusAlso called Engraulis encrasicolus and Hamsa

The European anchovy is a kind of fish. Cooks bake or pickle it, and it is sold canned, dried, fresh, or frozen.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Family
Engraulidae
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
France
European anchovy, whole

Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use european anchovy

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Pickle

Shopping

Choosing and storing european anchovy

Sold as
Canned, Dried, Fresh, Frozen

Around the world

Where european anchovy is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use european anchovy. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list european anchovy among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with european anchovy

2 of the 3 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Niçard salad

    France

  • Gilda

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include european anchovy.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: european anchovy in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
anchovy

Around the world

What european anchovy is called

Names in 64 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Engraulis encrasicolus · Engraulis encrasicholus · Boqueron · Pasta Fermentada de Anchoas

  • French

    Engraulis encrasicolus · Anchois commun · Anchois d'Europe · Anchois européen

  • Italian

    Engraulis encrasicolus · Engraulis encrasicholus · acciuga · acciughe

  • Portuguese

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • German

    Europäische Sardelle · Engraulis encrasicolus · Sardelle · Anchovis

  • Dutch

    Ansjovis · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Greek

    Γαύρος · Αντζούγια · Γάβρος

  • Turkish

    Hamsi · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Russian

    европейский анчоус · Хамса · Engraulis encrasicholus · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Polish

    Sardela europejska · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Arabic

    بلمة المتوسط

  • Persian

    آنچووی اروپایی

Show all 64 languages

  • Abkhazian

    Ақамашьиа · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Albanian

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Aragonese

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Armenian

    Անձրուկ

  • Asturian

    Engraulis encrasicolus · bocarte · bocarón · home

  • Azerbaijani

    Avropa ançousu · Siyənəyəoxşar dəniz balığı · Xamsa · Xəmsi

  • Basque

    antxoa · Bokarta · bokarta

  • Belarusian

    Еўрапейскі анчоус

  • Breton

    Genougamm Europa · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Bulgarian

    хамсия · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Catalan

    aladroc · Aladrocs · Engraulis encrasicholus · Seitó

  • Cebuano

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Chinese

    歐洲鯷

  • Cornish

    Lavyn europek

  • Croatian

    Inćun · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Czech

    sardel obecná · Ančovička · Ančovičky · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Danish

    Ansjos

  • Egyptian Arabic

    انشوفه اوروبيه

  • Estonian

    anšoovis · Engraulis encrasicholus

  • Ewe

    Abɔbi

  • Finnish

    sardelli · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Galician

    bocarte · Engraulis encrasicholus · bocareu · anchoa

  • Georgian

    ქაფშია · Engraulis encrasicholus · ქამსა

  • Hebrew

    עפיאן אירופי · אנשובי · Engraulis encrasicolus · עפיאן אירופאי

  • Hungarian

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Indonesian

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Interlingua

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Irish

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Japanese

    ヨーロッパカタクチイワシ · 欧羅巴片口鰯 · アンチョビー

  • Kashubian

    Eùropejskô sardela

  • Kazakh

    Қамза

  • Kazakh (Arabic)

    قامزا

  • Kazakh (China)

    قامزا

  • Kazakh (Cyrillic)

    Қамза

  • Kazakh (Kazakhstan)

    Қамза

  • Kazakh (Latin)

    Qamza

  • Kazakh (Türkiye)

    Qamza

  • Korean

    안초비 · 유럽멸치

  • Kurdish

    Kîlke · Hamsî · Engraulis encrasicolus · Hemsî

  • Kurdish (Arabic)

    کیلکە

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    Kîlke

  • Latin

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Ligurian

    Anciöa

  • Lithuanian

    Europinis ančiuvis · Engraulis encrasicholus · Engraulis encrasicolus · Ančiuvis

  • Lombard

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Macedonian

    сардела · европска сардела

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    ansjos

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    ansjos

  • Romanian

    Hamsie europeană · Engraulis encrasicholus

  • Sardinian

    Antzua

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Inćun

  • Sicilian

    Anciova salata · Anciova

  • Simplified Chinese

    欧洲鳀

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    欧洲鳀

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    欧洲鳀

  • Slovenian

    inčun · Engraulis encrasicolus · sardon

  • Swedish

    ansjovis · Anchjo · Engraulis encrasicolus · Sardell

  • Traditional Chinese

    歐洲鯷

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    歐洲鯷

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    歐洲鯷

  • Ukrainian

    Анчоус європейський · Хамса · Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Venetian

    Sardone

  • Vietnamese

    Cá cơm châu Âu

  • Waray

    Engraulis encrasicolus

  • Welsh

    Brwyniad

  • Zaza

    Hemsi

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q188387

Photos

Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons