Crostini with Anchovy, Semi-Dried Tomato & Mascarpone

Name: Crostini with Anchovy, Semi-Dried Tomato & Mascarpone
Yield: Makes 5
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 5 slices country-style bread, roughly 6 cm (2½ inches) in diameter; splash of red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon finely chopped rosemary; 30 g (1 oz) semi-dried tomatoes; 8 anchovy fillets, chopped coarsely; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 30 g (1 oz) red onion, sliced; about 3 tablespoons mascarpone; 3 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation info

Makes
5

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Limoncello and Linen Water

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2012

About

I love starting a meal with a small bite of something interesting, such as this. Italians always do this sort of thing well and it takes the meal to a different level. It’s quite possible that you will have all the ingredients at home already apart from the mascarpone perhaps.

Ingredients

30 g (1 oz) red onion, sliced
splash of red wine vinegar

Europe
Italy
Starter
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

Soak the onion in cold water with the splash of vinegar for 20 minutes or so. At the same time, soak the semi-dried tomatoes in warm water to plump them up.

Drain the tomatoes and chop them into quite large, long pieces. Put them in a bowl with the olive oil. Drain the onion and add to the bowl, along with the anchovies, parsley, rosemary and a few grinds of black pepper. Grill the brea