Great British Chefs: Anchovy and Caviar Toast
Ingredients:
- 12 anchovy fillets, in brine
- 30g of caviar
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 tsp Cornish sea salt
- 200g of cream cheese
- 1 pinch of chives, chopped
- 1/2 wholemeal loaf
- 1 tbsp of thyme leaves
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tbsp of olive oil
Directions:
- Heat the oven to 180°C/Gas mark 4. Slice the bread thinly and cut it into 12 rectangles, approximately the same size as your anchovy fillets
- Place the bread on a tray and drizzle with some olive oil and thyme leaves. Finish with a little Cornish sea salt and bake for 4 minutes or until golden and crisp
- Put the cream cheese in a food processor, add the lemon zest, lemon juice and some seasoning, and then blitz until smooth. Spoon into a piping bag with a thin nozzle ready for piping
- Trim 12 anchovy fillets into neat rectangles, discarding the belly flap and squaring up the ends
- Pipe cheese on to each crouton, add an anchovy fillets and finish with a strip of caviar on top. Sprinkle with the chopped chives and serve
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Recipe by Paul Ainsworth