using up anchovies?!

gemmaj

I have half a tin of anchovies left from a pizza. Can I freeze it?

mgardner

Yes I often do this with sardines, pop it a plastic bag or wrap in foil and put in the freezer. I would use it in a month though as any longer and it goes sort of dry.

thriftmonster

Or you could put them in a little jar under some oil (sunflower etc) and keep them in the fridge

wigginsmum

Mash them and stuff pitted olives with them? Delicious.

troll35

Following my World cup cooking thread we made Jannson's temptation, a swedish potato dish on Saturday. It was basically potatoes sliced into thin chips, layered in a casserole dish with a layer of anchovies and a layer of sauted onions, potato, anchovies, onion, potato. Then a a mixture of cream and milk was poured over and it was cooked in the oven at 180C for 45 minutes. It was absolutely divine!!

wigginsmum

Ooh troll35 - that sounds fabulous!

Karnam

hello

i have 5 (yes 5) tins of anchovies that i want to use rather than to sit in cupboard doing nothing. 3 of the tins are garlic and herb olive oil based. all are olive oil tinned.

any ideas? all i can come up with is a beef and thyme stew, using celery carrots onions stock (which i all have) and then buy some mega cheap beef shins and cook all this with a tin of anchovies. that recipe is nigella lawson (i hope i didnt break copyright) but i cant find anything which is cheap in any of my cookbooks.

any ideas for anchovies? i have most store cupboard things but am also willing to spend some (a little!!) money

Robothell

Hmmm.....only thing I can think of is a nice little addition to fish once cooked. Melt about 50g of butter in the bottom of the pan, add a half dozen or so anchovy fillets and cook on a low heat for five minutes......swizz them round a bit to break them up (or mash in a pestle and mortar) and then add to 200g more of soft butter. Little grind of pepper and mash up until smooth. Wrap in a sausage shape in greaseproof or clingfilm and stick it in the fridge. Really livens up a fillet of any white fish! You can even add a bit of chopped red chilli if you like.

Jet

Anchovies can go on pizza's.

I have a recipe for tuna pasta which uses anchovies.

Pasta
Herbs
salt and pepper
olive oil
lemon juice
tin of tina
cherry toms
tin of anchovies

Boil pasta.

Microwave cherry toms with anchovies, lemon juice and olive oil until toms are soft. Add other ingredients and then add to pasta.

Easy, cheap and..... uses anchovies.

vixtress

pizza or with fresh parmasan on a ceaser salad

jennybb

Next time you are roasting lamb, cut slits into the meat and insrt into each a clove of peeled garlic, some rosemary and an anchovy. Roast as normal. It works really well - and no, the meat won't be fishy!