Whole Salted Anchovies - Acciughe Salate (600 gr. drained)

I tried these anchovies after watching several cooking shows where the celebrity chef towted the amazing wonders of salt packed anchovies. So I ordered some. The taste is good.....but the work to get them there is a pain in the patoot. You have to rinse the anchovies, then clean and gut them. They come as whole fish, only the heads are lopped off. Scales, fins et all are still there. They are small so cleaning enough for use is time consuming. Then they must be soaked in milk or water for several hours. Then when you go to use them you find you still need to clean them further as you may have missed scales or fins with the initial cleaning. Like celebrity chefs, if you have a kitchen assistant to do your grunt work then I recommend these anchovies. Otherwise, save yourself some extra work.

These anchovies are outstanding. We actually ordered these at approximately the same time we ordered Nettuno anchovies from Italy in a large jar.These are truly gourmet. Terrific flavor, and more importantly, unlike the Italian anchovies packed in sea salt water in a large jar - these don't fall apart.In other words - when we reorder - These Acciughe Salate whole salted anchovies will definitely be on the very top of our list.