Showing posts with label anchovy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anchovy. Show all posts

Friday, April 8, 2011

Corsican Anchoiade with Figs


Anchovies? That's so crazy, it just might work
It's like a tapenade, except instead of "tapen" it's made with "anchoa" which are....anchovies! It sounds crazy, but the spread is excellent. The anchovy and garlic give it a lovely, grown-up piquancy and balance the sweetness of the figs. I got this recipe from The Traveler's Lunchbox and modified it to use a food scale and more commonly-available ingredients. If you happen to have a bag of dried figs, garlic and a tube of anchovy paste handy, take it as a sign that you should try this recipe.

Tools needed:
  1. Blender
  2. 
    
  3. Food scale
Ingredients:
  1. 120 grams dried figs (about one cup)
  2. 2 grams anchovy paste (about two inches as you squirt it out of the tube) or 1 anchovy
  3. one quarter of a garlic clove or 2 drops garlic oil
  4. Enough hot water so that the blender will work
Directions:

  1. Blend the ingredients