Whenever we eat in fancy hotels I always love the canapes that are served before dinner and decided that it must be possible to do something similar at home that wasn't too complicated. The next stage in this process was finding something to use the fish shaped pastry cutter that I bought on a trip to Norway and had never used. It made perfect sense to combine the two and make anchovy bites. Many years ago I had made these tiny delights and couldn't find the recipe. I referred to Google and found a variety of similar recipes that were all in American cup quantities so I played around until I could make it more UK metric compatable. They were a great success and even if you don't like anchovies I would defy you not to love these.
Ingredients:
- 120g plain flour
- 115g cold butter
- 115g cheese, grated
- 45g anchovies, roughly chopped
- 50g pitted olives, chopped
- 1/2 tsp cayenne
- Put all ingredients in a food processor and pulse to combine until the mixture forms a ball. I found that I needed to mould it by hand at the end to ensure that all was combined.
- Turn out and form into a ball and wrap in either cling film or wax wraps and place in fridge to chill for 20 mins.
- Pre heat the oven to 200*C.
- Roll out the dough until thin and cut into 2" strips. Then cut diagonally to make either diamond shapes or triangles. Or use a pastry cutter like I did to make any shape you feel is appropriate. Or you can keep it simple and just make very thin strips. They will taste delicious however you cut them!
- Place on a baking tray and bake for 8-10 mins until golden. Cool on a wire rack and refrain from nibbling until cool.
