Anchovy Cream Cheese Food

CREAM CHEESE AND ANCHOVY BITES

Steps:

• Drain the anchovies and roughly chop. Put into a bowl and add the cream cheese. Season with black pepper and mix together.
• Stir in the lemon juice, to taste, then spread over the crackers. Garnish with an extra anchovy, if you like.

LIPTAUER CHEESE

Steps:

• In a bowl cream together the cream cheese and the butter, add the paprika, the capers, the anchovies, the shallot, the caraway seeds, and salt and pepper to taste, and combine the mixture well. Pack the cheese into a crock and chill it, covered, for 1 day to let the flavors develop. Serve the cheese with the crackers.

ANCHOVY CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese with a large spoon until smooth.
• Beat in anchovy past, lemon juice, and onion.
• Adjust for seasoning. Add more lemon juice to cut saltiness as needed.
• Serve on plain crackers or cocktail rye bread.

CREAMY ANCHOVY DIP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients until smooth except anchovies, folding in last.
• If using anchovy paste mix in after creaming other ingredients into mixture.
• Cover and refrigerate 2 hours.
• I have made this with dried parsley and one stalk minced green onion when I was out of dill weed with great results, and I always use light mayo & sour cream myself.
• Serve with raw vegetables, crackers or toasted baguette slices.
• Try using some different fresh vegetables like snow peas, jicama or yellow squash, for example.

LOW-CALORIE ANCHOVY CREAM

Steps:

• In blender or food processor, combine all ingredients.
• Blend until smooth.
• Serve hot or cold.

ROAST LAMB WITH ANCHOVY CREAM

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9. Put the leg of lamb in a roasting tin that it fits into snugly - you don't want a lot of room around the meat. Make about 20 small incisions all over the lamb using a sharp knife, then pack each cut with the sliced garlic, an anchovy half and butter.
• Roast for 20 mins, then reduce the temperature to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, add the wine and rosemary and roast for another 50 mins, spooning the juices over the lamb every so often.
• Transfer the lamb to a serving platter, cover with foil and insulate with towels or return to the oven, leaving the door slightly ajar. Leave to rest for 15-20 mins.
• Finely chop the remaining anchovies and heat the olive oil in a medium frying pan. Cook the anchovies and crushed garlic over a low heat, pressing the anchovies with the back of a spoon so they dissolve. Remove from the heat and quickly whisk in the cream so the mixture emulsifies. Season with pepper. Gently warm through the anchovy cream, but don't boil it.
• Skim any fat from the roasting tin and discard, leaving the juices behind. Carve the lamb and spoon over some of the roasting juices. Serve with potatoes and greens, if using, and a jug of the anchovy cream on the side.