Baked garlic on toast with smoked anchovies

Serves 4

(JASON LOWE)

These delicious cold smoked anchovies in oil are available at Brindisa. They are more like a fresh than a canned product, quite unique and one of my favourite convenience foods. If you want to avoid the garlic, just serve them on hot buttered toast.

1 head of fresh garlic
4 slices of good quality bloomer or sour dough toast
1 can of Nardin smoked anchovies

Preheat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6. Wrap the garlic bulb in foil and bake for about 30 minutes or until it's soft.

Remove the foil, leave to cool a little, cut in half and squeeze out the pulp.

Toast the bread on both sides and spread the baked garlic on top; then drain the anchovies and lay them on top.