Anchovy Fillets Provencale

[calibrax]

I have a jar of these sitting in my cupboard :



Anchovies with garlic, basil and parsley. Anyone got any suggestions of recipes where I could use these, apart from just sticking them on a pizza?

[Papoo]

Putanesca sauce? Other than that... Nope!

[Simpo Two]

I saw a cookery programme recently and the chap cut them up very very small and put them in a stew - so small the bits and the fishy flavour disappear and they just add to the meatiness, or something like that.

[Mr Gearchange]

Poke holes in a leg of lamb with a knife. Put half an anchovy into each whole with a sliver of garlic. Awesome.

[grumbledoak]

What a baffling ingredient. It is genuinely quite hard to see what they are supposed to be for.

Use as normal anchovies, I suppose. But, then, why produce a "Provencale" version?

[Mobile Chicane]

I'd mash them with butter, then chill and eat on French bread.

Alternatively, halve and de-seed red peppers, stick an anchovy in each together with a clove of crushed garlic, a halved tomato and a good glug of olive oil. Roast on a moderate heat for 30 minutes.

Enjoy in the society of a crusty loaf, rosé wine and a view of the Mediterranean.

[Henry Hawthorne]

One of my fave ways to eat anchovies is with some Ainsley Harriot citrus cous cous. Make the cous cous, add anchovies, crumbled feta, olives, green peppers and whatever other salady-type veg that takes your fancy! Delicious.

[Hawmaws]

Mobile Chicane said:

I'd mash them with butter, then chill and eat on French bread.

Alternatively, halve and de-seed red peppers, stick an anchovy in each together with a clove of crushed garlic, a halved tomato and a good glug of olive oil. Roast on a moderate heat for 30 minutes.

Enjoy in the society of a crusty loaf, rosé wine and a view of the Mediterranean.

Oh ya beauty. Perfection...

[Shaw Tarse]

Mr Gearchange said:

Poke holes in a leg of lamb with a knife. Put half an anchovy into each whole with a sliver of garlic. Awesome.

This also works with braised lamb shanks, the anchovies break down & really improve the taste of the lamb.

[Simpo Two]

If all else fails your cat might like them...