Tuesday 29 March 2011

Pizza-Napoletana


   Pizza with Tomato, Mozzarella, and Anchovies 



 Ingredients:
  • 2 cup tomato paste
  • 4 to 5 tablespoons of olive oil
  • Salt and pepper according to taste
  • 5 to 6 anchovy fillets
  • 3 oz fresh sliced mozzarella cheese

Method to prepare:
  • Preheat oven to 510 F
  • Take a bowl, add tomato paste in it with, 2 tablespoon of the olive oil, salt, and pepper according to your taste and blend it very well. Evenly spread the mixture above the pizza.
  • Now spreads the left over olive oil on the pizza add pepper and evenly distribute the anchovies on the pizza as toppings.
  • Bake the pizza for approximately 12 minutes. Now take out the pizza base from the oven and add the mozzarella cheese over the pizza.
  • Again bake for approximately 12 more minutes .Carefully lift one side to check whether its cooked or not. Pizza will be ready when the base surface is light brown. Pizza will taste luscious when served hot.

Sunday 20 March 2011


About Anchovy fish and Pizza:
The pizza has become a fast food or junk food icon of the time and is the most well liked cuisine in America within 55 years. Anchovy fish is rich in Vitamin E and K with Omega- 3, which is very good for your body. Combination of both is like Heaven on Earth. This article is going to either turn your tummy or give you the hunger for pizza. 

Anchovery pizza recipe:
Pizza with mozzarella, anchovies, chilly, capers and parsley


Ingredients
• 5 anchovy fillets
• 1 fresh red chilly, sliced
• 1 heaped teaspoon small capers
• Olive oil and 1 lemon
• 5 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 100g mozzarella
• 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh leafy parsley
• Salt to taste and freshly grounded black pepper

Preparation:
  • First, cut the anchovy fillets in half lengthways.Then take a bowl,  and add anchovy pieces along with the sliced chilly according to your taste.
  • Take a separate bowl and add capers, a few tablespoons of olive oil and the lemon to relish. Pinch over a little lemon juice as well and blend up.
  • Now, let the anchovies settle in the marinade mixture for 20 minutes. Spread the tomato sauce equally over the pizza base and evenly spread pieces of mozzarella over the top.
  • Uniformly lay over the anchovy fillets, and spread the capers and chilly. Next sprinkle few parsley and seasoning according to your taste .
  • Finally, sprinkle the leftover marinating oil and bake until it becomes crispy and golden

Tip:
Make sure you get hold of superior quality tinned anchovies for this; or else it's not worth making.

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Spinach, Mushroom and Anchovy Salad




Ingredients
  • 12 oz of Spinach
  • 12 oz Small cup of mushrooms
  • 3 oz Anchovy fillets
  • 1 Lemon
  • 2 Mozzarella cheese
  • 5 table-spoon of Olive oil
  • 12 slice of French bread

Preparation Method:
  • Clean and dry the spinach, remove the stalks and put the leaves into a shallow bowl.
  • Put the anchovies and their oil into a big saucepan. Add the olive oil, heat it and crush the anchovies so they melt and disintegrate. Toast the French bread on one side.
  • On the untoasted side apply a little of the anchovy oil, then grill it. Add 3 teaspoons lemon juice and powder of pepper to the anchovy mixture left over in the pan. Chop the mushrooms and add them to the salad bowl.
  • Pour the anchovy dressing while still hot and toss gently. Slice the mozzarella cheese and decorate it on the salad just before serving. Garnish the salad with the toasts and offer wedges of lemon over it as well

Monday 14 March 2011

Creamy Anchovy Salad Recipe


Preparation time: 1 hour
Serves: 2 people


Ingredients
  • 2/4-oz of anchovies fillets, chopped finely
  • 3/2 cup of chopped ripe olives 
  • 1/2 table-spoon of garlic powder, or 2 crushed clove of garlic 
  • 1/3 cup of fine chopped parsley
  • 1/4 cup of chopped green onions 
  • 1 cup of sour cream
  • 1/2 cup of mayonnaise
  • 3 table-spoon of lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup of tarragon vinegar
  • Iceberg and Escarole, Romaine

Preparation method:
  • Mix anchovies, parsley, olives, garlic powder and onions in small bowl
  • Blend the sour cream, lemon juice, mayonnaise and vinegar in a separate bowl and blend well
  • Cover the mixture and refrigerate for an hour
  • Shred the remaining parsley into salad bowl
  • Mix the anchovy dressing in to it and toss to coat the salad
  • You can serve it as a dip with crackers, fresh vegetables or chip

Friday 11 March 2011

Anchovy Salad



Mixed vegetable salad with and anchovy fish also known as Salade nicoise.



Preparation time: 10 minutes
Serves: 2 people
Ingredients

  • 355g / 12ozs of tomatoes
  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 green peppers
  • 1 onion
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 2 bunches of radishes
  • 2 tablespoon parsley
  • 55g of anchovies
  • 25g of small black olives

Method to prepare:

  • Skin the tomatoes take away the core and cut them into wedges. Take away the skin of the cucumber down the length with the help of a knife.
  • Cut the cucumber into 1/4 in thick slices, take out the seeds and intersection from the pepper and slice thickly
  • Peel off and make slices of onion and chop the garlic, then make slices of the radish
  • Blend vegetables with chopped parsley and dress them thoroughly
  • Drain and spilt the anchovies deep sea fish. Combine half of the fish into the salad and use the rest of the anchovies with the olives as to garnish.