Sardine Crostini
https://foodloversmarket.co.za/recipes/sardine-crostini/
Sardine crostini is not just for our tinned fish lovers, but also for the haters, make it yourself to see why! From the words of our recipe developer > ‘I’m not a big sardine fan, but I tried this and was seriously delicious!’ These sardine crostinis are easy, delicious and a great way to get healthy omegas! The fresh red onion and gherkin salsa is a perfect addition, creating a balanced crostini.
Crostini stee-ni) directly translates to ‘little toast’ in Italian, and are just that, with yummy toppings.
Cooking Methods
- Grilling
Serves
8Prep Time
20 minutesCooking Time
15 minutesIngredients
For the Sardine Topping:
- 80 ml (1/3 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tins of Food Lover’s Market Sardines in Oil
- Handful of fresh herbs of your choice
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 5 ml (1 tsp) paprika
- Black pepper, to taste
For the Crostini:
- 8x 2cm slices Food Lover’s Market Baguette
- ½ small red onion, finely chopped
- 4 sweet and sour gherkins, finely chopped
- Zest and juice of 1 small lemon
- Black pepper, to taste
- Fresh basil leaves
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- For the Sardine Topping: Combine all ingredients in a blender cup and blend until smooth. (If you don't have a blender simply chop up the ingredients with the butter, or just smear butter first on the bread in step 3.)
- Spread the bread slices with the flavoured butter and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or until golden and crispy.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the red onion, gherkins, lemon zest and juice.
- When the crostinis are out of the oven, top with the red onion mixture and finish with freshly cracked black pepper and fresh basil leaves.
Notes
Crostini vs. Bruschetta:
Crostini differs to bruschetta (bruh·sheh·tuh). Bruschetta is simply made with grilled slices of bread rubbed with raw garlic and topped with chopped tomatoes, fresh basil, and salt. Crostini are little slices of toasted baguette-style bread with toppings. Traditionally, there was also a difference in the type of bread used. Bruschetta uses wide slices of rustic Italian or sourdough bread. Crostini is made from a smaller, round, finer-textured bread, more like a white bread baguette (the name comes from Crosta, the outside of the bread.)
Have you heard of Crostoni!? Now the Italians are confusing us. Crostini is like crostini but uses larger slices of bread.
