Anchovies à la Bastiaise

A typical recipe from the Bastia region.

Anchovies à la Bastiaise are best enjoyed with an aperitif, served on a slice of toasted bread or as a starter, accompanied with a tomato salad or some potatoes.

Ingredients:

1 kg salted anchovies

12 garlic cloves

Parsley

Olive oil.

Pepper

The whole anchovies are rinsed off and left to soak in water for half an hour.

They should then be rinsed off once more and cleaned by rubbing them gently with the fingertips. The fillets should be removed from the backbone and placed on some kitchen paper to allow them to dry.

Chop the garlic and parsley and place in a jar. Add the olive oil and pepper, and mix well. The fillets should then be patted dry, put into the mixture and allowed to macerate for 2 days.

(Recipe from Gusti di Corsica)