Dalmatian Fried Anchovy Recipes

PAN-FRIED ANCHOVIES

Steps:

• Rinse fish and shake lightly to dry slightly, leaving some water on to help breadcrumbs adhere. Spread breadcrumbs in a shallow bowl or pie dish; season with salt and pepper.
• In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, heat 1/4 inch oil over high until shimmering. (Test by dropping a breadcrumb; if it sizzles and floats instantly, the oil is hot enough for frying.) Working in batches so as not to crowd, dredge fish in breadcrumbs and lay flat in skillet. Reduce heat to medium and cook until fish are golden brown on bottom, about 3 minutes. Flip fish, one at a time, and continue to cook until tender when pressed in center and flesh is opaque, 2 to 3 minutes more. Using a slotted spatula, transfer fish to prepared baking sheet; sprinkle with salt. Between batches, increase heat and strain out browned crumbs, or wipe out pan as needed.

DALMATIAN FRIED ANCHOVY

Steps:

• Fresh anchovies put into flour. Let the flour cover all fish. Heat the oil in large frying pot and put anchovies into hot oil. Fry not more than 2 minutes. Remove fish with hollow spoon and put onto paper towel to soak fat form fish. Serve hot.

CROATIAN ANCHOVY SALAD

Steps:

• Clean the anchovies (remove head and guts).
• Boil the water (use large pot with low rim, so that all anchovies have the same chance) with garlic clove, 2 bay leaves and salt until boils. Add vinegar and remove the pot from fire.
• Add anchovies in that hot water and keep them inside not more than 2 minutes. When meat starts to separate from bones it's done (you have to take them out just before this happens).
• Using hollow spoon remove the anchovies from water and put them in a bowl.
• Before you put them in a bowl, slice the onion into rounds and arrange them to cover the bottom (take also large bowl with low rim).
• Spread rosemary leaves, capers, black pepper berries, bay leaves over onion and than put anchovies over. Pour olive oil over anchovies. Slice lemon into rings and arrange rings to cover anchovies. You can put just some of cooked water over if you want to keep them in refrigerator.
• Cool the salad and serve.
• You can keep the salad in refrigerator up to 4 days.

DALMATIAN SALTED ANCHOVY SALAD

Steps:

• Clean the anchovies from salt and cut into fillets (skip this if you use canned fish).
• Cut onion across into very thin rounds. Put first onion, cover with fillets and sparkle with oregano (and capers). Pour olive oil and vinegar, mix a bit and wait 30 minutes so fillets and onion soak with oil.
• Serve with a lot of bread and wine. After 2-3 hours you will be very thirsty so prepare a lot of drinking water or "bevanda" (that is half wine half water), usual drink in Dalmatia.