Rolled Anchovy Canapés

Submitted by Molly53

"An elegantly simple bite. From the Creole chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 6 canapés

ingredients

• 6 slices bread
• 6 capers
• 6 anchovy fillets, well-drained and rolled
• butter (no substitutions)
• pimiento (optional)

directions

1. Cut bread into attractive shapes and toast.
2. Spread with butter and place an anchovy on each piece.
3. On top of each, place a caper flower (made by opening out the petals of each caper with a sharp knife).
4. Cut a tiny piece of pimiento and place in center of the caper flower.