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Anchovy with tomato and garlic on grilled bread

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30 addictive anchovy recipes

The little fish packs quite the punch - as good draped over toast, straight from the tin, as it is adding salty depth and flavour to sauces, salads, pastas and more.

29 recipes
Anchovy toasts (served with gildas, right).
EASY

Anchovies and tomato-capsicum relish on rye toast

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Pizza con tomate.

Adam Liaw's pizza con tomate

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's garlic and anchovy beef skewers.
EASY

Garlic and anchovy beef skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's grilled gem lettuce with anchovy vinaigrette.
EASY

Adam Liaw's grilled gem lettuce with anchovy vinaigrette

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
X marks the spot on these cheese puffs.

Gruyere cheese gougeres with anchovy crosses

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Pantry pasta: Bigoli in salsa.
EASY

Bigoli in salsa

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Pangrattato

Spaghettini with zucchini, anchovy and pangrattato

  • < 30 mins
This anchovy sauce is great on a variety of vegetables.
EASY

Grilled steak, asparagus and anchovy sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
Pantry pizza: Pissaladiere.

RecipeTin Eats' pissaladiere (pizza, the French way)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • RecipeTin Eats
Baked blue-eye with anchovy crust.

Baked blue-eye with anchovy crust

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Broccoli and anchovy penne.
EASY

Broccoli and anchovy penne

  • < 30 mins
Radicchio salad with anchovy dressing.

Salad of radicchio with anchovy dressing and toasted breadcrumbs

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's barbecued salmon and wilted spinach with anchovy butter.
EASY

Barbecued salmon and wilted spinach with anchovy butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Roast lamb with olive, anchovy and caper sauce.

Roast lamb with olive, anchovy and caper sauce

  • 2 hrs +
Kipfler potatoes with anchovy, parsley and lemon butter.
EASY

Steamed potatoes with anchovy, parsley and lemon butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Peter Gilmore
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Slow-roasted chicken with anchovy, lemon and capers.
EASY

Slow-roasted chicken with anchovy, lemon and capers

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Beans with creamy anchovy, chilli and lemon
EASY

Green beans with creamy anchovy, chilli and lemon dressing and almonds

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Radicchio and broccoli can still be treated like a salad if you're not yet ready to fully give up on the lightness of summer.

Warm broccoli and radicchio salad with anchovy and chilli dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
The umami-rich bottarga and anchovies provide neat foils to the freshness of the green chilli and zucchini flowers.

Karen Martini's pennette with zucchini flowers, anchovy, mint, chilli and bottarga

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Herb and anchovy stuffed lamb with feta and vegetable crisps.
EASY

Herb and anchovy stuffed lamb with feta and vegetable crisps

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Celeriac, apple and kale slaw with sour cream.
EASY

Celeriac, apple and kale slaw with sour cream, anchovy and roast garlic dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Grilled Caesar salad.

Grilled caesar salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Spaghetti with anchovies and breadcrumbs.

Spaghetti with anchovies and breadcrumbs

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Risotto with tomato, anchovies and raisins.

Risotto with tomato, anchovy and raisins

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Anchovy with tomato and garlic on grilled bread.
EASY

Anchovy toasts with tomato and garlic

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Gutting, cleaning and skinning the squid yourself always yields a more tender, tastier outcome, says Karen Martini.

Grilled calamari with lemon puree

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Deli pasta salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw's deli pasta salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Andrew McConnell's anchovy, onion and olive tart.

​Pissaladiere (anchovy, onion and olive tart)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Grilled ocean trout with 'flavour bomb' butter.

Neil Perry's grilled ocean trout with garlic, rosemary and anchovy butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry