Wednesday 11 May 2011

Anchovy Crostini Dip

Ingredients:

  • 12 slices white bread
  • 1 ounce olive oil
  • 2 ounces butter
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 5 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
  • 5 ounces mushrooms, finely diced
  • 3 teaspoons anchovy paste
  • 1 can rolled anchovy fillets
  • 9 stuffed olives
  • 1/3 red pepper
  • salt and pepper for seasoning
Anchovy Crostini Dip


Method to Prepare:

  • First cut 2" circles from the bread. Equally, apply olive oil on both sides of the bread. Now place the bread on a cookie sheet and bake it in the oven for 10 minutes or until it is golden brown. 
  • Take butter in a fry pan and melt it. Add flour in the butter and mix well for 1 minute.
  • Next, add milk and blend over moderate heat until it starts boiling. After it gets thickened, remove the pan from flame. Add 3 tbsp parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and mushrooms in the mixture and blend well.
  • Mix anchovy paste and stir well. The mixture might look a bit loose but it will bake perfectly.
  • Spread 2 teaspoon of this mixture on each toast and generously add with the extra parmesan cheese. Take the sliced olive , place them on the bread and place the rolled anchovy on it and red pepper.
  • Bake the bread in oven (420F degrees) for 12 minutes or until they are brown on top. Serve the bread hot with pasta or macaroni.

Thursday 5 May 2011

Yummy Yummy Spaghetti Anchovy


About Spaghetti anchovy’s pasta
Spaghetti or Pasta is used in multipurpose. It is nutritious, economical, thus democratic, and increasingly worldwide food. In ancient times , it was fried and sugared with honey, or tossed with fish paste by the ancient Romans. Not only that, but also this pasta meal is very easy to cook. Unlike some similar dishes, these anchovy recipes actually need very few anchovies just four of these anchovies are enough to serve two people.

Spaghetti Anchovy Recipe


Serves: Two
Preparation time: 15 minutes


Ingredients: 

  • 2205g or 7oz of spaghetti
  • 150g or 5oz fresh tuna fillets or tinned tuna flakes or chunks
  • 4 fresh anchovies
  • 2 clove of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon of capers
  • 500g of chopped tomatoes
  • Salt to taste
  • Extra olive oil

Equipment: Large pasta pan or Frying pan

  • First take frying pan and place it on a medium heat. Add olive oil into it. Cut the ends off the garlic, peel it, chop it into quarters, and add in to the pan.
  • Fry these garlic chunks, until the garlic becomes light brown. Add 4 anchovy’s fish into the same frying pan and fry for 3 to 5 minutes until they soften and turn into paste. After this, add the rinsed capers and the tuna fillets into the pan. If you have white wine at your place, you can add quarter of a glass in the paste.
  • Now, simmer the flame for 8 minutes; gradually break the tuna fillets into smaller chunks with a spoon or fork. After 8 minutes  , take the pan off the flame
  • Next step is to take a large pan. Place it on the heat and fill it with water.Allow the water to boil. Then add the spaghetti into the boiling water
  • While the spaghetti is boiling, shift the frying pan back onto a medium flame and add the chopped tomatoes into the pan
  • Fry and mix the whole sauce mixture for about 5 minutes or more. When the pasta is cooked, drain the water and add it into the frying pan containing tuna fillets and anchovy fish.
  • Finally mix and blend it for a minute, then serve hot.








Monday 2 May 2011

Anchovy Dip

About Anchovy Dip Recipe
Do not turn up your nose when you think of anchovies. You will never know they are in your Dip. Anchovies give yummy flavor without a strong fishy taste in this dip. Serve them with raw vegetables, toast, or crackers.

                                                     Total Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
Anchovy Dip


Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoon of mustard
  • 3 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon of dried dill weed
  • 3 grind of freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 ounces anchovy fillets, drained and finely chopped
  • Vegetables required for dipping, such as carrots, snow pea pods, mushrooms broccoli flowerets, celery, jicama sticks, etc.


Preparation Method:
·               Add mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, garlic powder, dill weed, onion powder, and pepper in a bowl and blend it very well until they become smooth.
·               Add the minced and chopped anchovies in the mixture. Cover the bowl and refrigerate it for 2 hours. Anchovy dip is ready to eat.
·               Taste best when served with vegetable dippers, crackers, or toasted baguette slices.