Taramasalata with Cream Cheese on Tapenade Crostini

Name: Taramasalata with Cream Cheese on Tapenade Crostini
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, crushed; Salt & freshly ground black pepper; 100 g (4 oz) smoked cod’s roe, skinned; 75 g (3 oz, scant ½ cup) cream cheese; 3 slices of white bread, crusts removed; 3 (4) tablespoons lemon juice; 8 slices of crusty French bread, about 1 cm (½ in) thick; 2 tablespoons tapenade; 6 (8) tablespoons olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Cheese

By Paul Gayler

Published 1997

About

My inclusion of cream cheese in this traditional Greek smoked fish purée would doubtless bring tears to the eyes of locals. I find it mellows and rounds the smoky flavour of the roe - try it and see what you think.

Ingredients

3 slices of white bread, crusts removed
1 garlic clove, crushed
100 g (

Europe
Greece
Starter
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

Soak the white bread in a little water or, better still, milk for 5 minutes. Squeeze out the excess moisture, then place the bread in a blender or food processor. Add the garlic, cod’s roe and cream cheese and blitz to a smooth purée. Add the lemon juice and 4 (5) tablespoons of the olive oil and bl