Visiting Italy?The anchovy tart of Vernazza is one of the most typical and renowned dish of the beautiful and famous Cinque terre. Made with the genuine gifts of sea and land, this is an other gem of the ligurian cusine that you can easily prepare in less than 30 minutes.
Vernazza anchovy tart
Ingredients
- 4 potatoes with yellow paste
- 800 grams of fresh anchovies
- 400 grams of tomato sauce
- 300 grams of fresh tomatoes
- 4 tablespoons of EVO oil
- 1 sprig of rosemary
- 1 pinch of dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon of pine nuts
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 ºC.
- Clean the anchovies and open them by removing the bones.
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into thin slices. Sauté them in a pan for 5 minutes in two tablespoons of EVO oil.
- Line a low-edged baking tray with baking paper, grease with oil and lay the overlapping potato slices on the edges. Salt lightly.
- Lay the anchovies in a compact layer.
- Pour the tomato puree over the anchovies, add the fresh tomatoes, pine nuts, rosemary and oregano, sprinkled with the remaining oil, a pinch of salt and a ground pepper.
- Bake and cook for 20 minutes.
- Serve hot.
