Italian
Baked Anchovies
by Chef in Camicia · 306K subscribers on YouTube
A layered casserole of fresh anchovies, tomatoes, mozzarella, and stale bread, baked until golden and fragrant. A traditional Friday dish from the chef's childhood.
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
9 items- AnchoviesFresh anchovies, cleaned
- Fresh TomatoFresh tomatoes
- MozzarellaFresh mozzarella, torn into pieces
- Stale BreadStale bread, crumbled; or toast fresh bread and crumble
- Olive OilExtra virgin olive oil, to taste
- GarlicGarlic, a clove or two
- SaltSalt, to taste
- OreganoDried oregano
- PepperBlack pepper, to taste
Method
- Cut the fresh tomatoes into small cubes.
- In a pan with oil and garlic, cook the tomatoes with salt and oregano, covered.
- Prepare a cocotte: place the cooked tomatoes at the bottom.
- Arrange cleaned anchovies lengthwise over the tomatoes.
- Add pieces of mozzarella with your hands.
- Crumble stale bread (or toast fresh bread and crumble) over the mozzarella.
- Drizzle with oil and add pepper.
- Repeat layers: tomatoes, anchovies, mozzarella, bread.
- Finish with a final layer of bread and a sprinkle of pepper.
- Bake in a preheated ventilated oven at 180°C until the top is golden brown.
Chef in Camicia
Home cookReviewer306K subscribers on YouTube94.2M total channel viewsCasa editrice digitale italiana di ricette fondata da Nicolo Zambello, Andrea Navone e Luca Palomba. Pubblicazioni giornaliere.


