Stuffed anchovies: the baked recipe

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 15-minute

difficulty: Bassa

STUFFED ANCHOVIES RECIPE

A simple dish, once considered "poor" (fresh anchovies are now expensive), with an extraordinary flavor. Stuffed anchovies are prepared according to this traditional recipe.

Ingredients

• anchovies 700 g
• spinach 500 g
•  40 g breadcrumbs
• extra virgin olive oil 40 g
• two cloves of garlic
• parsley
•  salt and pepper

Preparation

• Wash the anchovies and open them in half, leaving them whole on the back, remove the heads and the central bones but leave the tails.
•  Wash the spinach in plenty of water.
•  Put Add the spinach, without draining it, to a pot and cook for 3 minutes without adding water. Drain, squeeze dry, and chop coarsely.
•  Put In a saucepan, combine the oil, garlic, and salt, cover, and cook over very low heat for a couple of minutes.
•  United Add the spinach, a pinch of pepper, and cook for a few minutes. Remove the garlic, season with salt, and let cool, after mixing well to flavor the spinach.
•  Put a spoonful of spinach on top of each anchovy.
•  Rolled up the anchovies and place them, tightly packed together, in a buttered baking dish on a layer of the remaining spinach.
• Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and chopped parsley.
•  Cook Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Serve hot or warm.

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