Fish with Peanut Sauce

Sopa de pescado con cacahuete is a fish preparation with ground peanuts, onion and tomato. Igor Cusack’s study of Equatorial Guinean cuisine records these ingredients in a recipe included in Enciclopedia, Guinea Ecuatorial, a book prepared for use in the country’s schools.^[1]

The encyclopedia included contributions from Equatoguinean authors as well as the Spanish religious orders involved in its production. Cusack discusses its recipes as part of the written record of local food traditions, while noting that the fish-and-groundnut combination also belongs to a wider West African cooking tradition.^[1]