ANCHIOVIES CARPACCIO

Ingredients:

• fresh anchovies,

• garlic (quantity according to personal taste),

• parsley,

• pepper in grains,

• olive oil,

• fresh salad of any kind,

• white vinegar,

• salt.

Procedure:

clean the anchovies also removing their heads and bones, carefully wash and dry them with kitchen paper. Place them open into a soup plate by arranging them in not more than 5 layers and distributing some garlic, parsley cut into very small pieces, the pepper grains, vinegar (a very important warning: vinegar must completely cover everything), the needed quantity of salt between one layer and the next one. According to the anchovies size keep in the refrigerator from 6 to 12 hours.  Drain, try to absorb all of the liquid by padding them with some kitchen paper. Dispose them on a dish where you had already creatively arranged some fresh salad in small pieces and season with olive oil. (It could be served as an appetizer as well).