Baked stuffed anchovies

In a small bowl then soak the bread crumbs with wine, squeeze with your hands, and keep the wine. Wash and dry the leaves of 2 sprigs of parsley and chop with the Crescent, on cutting board. Place the breadcrumbs in a bowl with a fork and add the chopped parsley, a whole egg, yolk, half cheese, salt and pepper.

The dough should be firm. If necessary, add more cheese.

Wash the anchovies, dry them with kitchen paper. If the anchovies are frozen, keep them 20 minutes at room temperature, before you wash them.

Cut with scissors the fins and small bones remaining, leaving the tail intact.

Heat the oven to 180°. Line a baking pan with a parchment paper the same size as the bottom of the bowl. Grease the paper with a tablespoon of oil. Spread the filling on half of the anchovies, cover with the remaining ones. Press slightly to make them adhere to the filling. Place stuffed anchovies in pan. Drizzle with the remaining oil and the wine kept aside. Bake 20 minutes.

Wash the pepper, dry slopes. Cut it into strips one-half cm wide, with a knife, laying them on the cutting board. Place a few on each anchovy, pepper lengthwise, alternating the colors. Sprinkle the anchovies with bread crumbs and remaining cheese. Continue cooking 10 minutes. Transfer the stuffed anchovies on a serving dish. Decoratele with parsley leaves.

Serve hot, warm and cold (at room temperature).

The suitable wine: served with a white wine, light and perfumed, like Trebbiano di Romagna.

If you do not find the previously cleansed anchovies, try to do it yourself: it's not hard! Two-finger pull the fish heads, with a net shot. Pull towards you the heads. Detach from the body by dragging the bowels. Open the fish along the belly with a finger, coming to the tail. Operated very carefully to avoid damaging the pulp, which is delicate. Flatten the anchovies with the Palm of your hand. Raised the fishbones from pulp, close to where he was headed. Pull down gently, until you detach it completely. The two threads must remain United among them.