Anchovy butter, caper and pickled shallots on toast
Anchovy butter is rich and fatty and melts into the toast. The pickles and capers add tang and brine, meaning this toast is balanced and undeniably addictive.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 3 anchovies packed in oil from a tin
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter softened
- A piece of toasted bread or baguette
- ½ tsp capers rinsed
- 1 batch of pickled shallots read notes
- Chives to garnish
- Black pepper
Instructions
- First make the shallots - to find the recipe, click the link in the notes below.
- Finely chop the anchovies. They will be soft and easy to blend with your knife. Mix the puree into the softened butter.
- Spread the butter over the toast and top with the capers, pickled shallots and chives. Season with a little pepper.
Notes
The pickled shallots are from this recipe for quick pickled red onions - instead of 1 red onion, you can pickle 3 shallots instead.