Salted Anchovies

Name: Salted Anchovies
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 1 teaspoon black peppercorns; 500 g (1 lb) sea salt or rock salt; 1 teaspoon fresh marjoram leaves; 500 g (1 lb) whole fresh anchovies; virgin olive oil to cover anchovies; 500 g (1 lb) sea salt or rock salt; virgin olive oil to cover anchovies

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

About

Fresh anchovies sometimes appear at the fish market during summer. These fish are of the highest quality and are simple to prepare. The fish are first salted by being laid on a bed of sea salt for 4 hours (2 hours each side).

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) whole fresh anchovies
1 teaspoon black peppercorns

Asia
Oceania
Australia
Japan
Sydney
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Summer
Tokyo

Method

Discard any broken or bruised fish. The fish should look bright and the light should catch the colour of their scales.

In a mortar and pestle or an electric coffee grinder, make the seasoning by pulverising the peppercorns, bay leaves and marjoram.

Spread the salt on a tray so that the tray is evenly covered, then lay the fish on the salt and sprinkle over the seasoning. Cover w