Boquerones En Vinagre

Total Time: 19 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 18 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb fresh anchovy
• good spanish virgin olive oil
• vinegar
• 2 -3 garlic cloves
• fresh italian parsley
• sea salt

Recipe

• 1 clean the anchovies/boquerones under water. get rid of the heads and open the clean anchovies/boquerones as if they were books. get rid of the insides of the fish and after rinsing them, place them in in a deep tray.
• 2 once you have the tray covered with "open book" fish, sprinkle some sea salt and cover them with the vinegar.
• 3 put them in the fridge for a minimum of 12 hours. i usually let them sometime between 12 to 18 hours.
• 4 once the macerating is done, cut a couple of cloves of garlic in really thin slices (it depends a lot on how much fish you have and how much you like garlic). put aside.
• 5 chop parsley in really small pieces.
• 6 get each fish out of the tray where they have been macerating. arrange them nicely in another tray.
• 7 once they are arranged sprinkle the cut garlic and the parsley over the fish.
• 8 cover with good spanish virgin olive oil.
• 9 enjoy with wine and italian bread or a baguette.
• 10 the prep time varies depending on your fish cleaning and cutting skill.