Tricolour Toasts

Ingredients

• 5 squares of bread
• 3 or 4 anchovies
• 9 gherkins or olives
• 20 capers

Method

1. 1

   Fry some squares of bread, and spread anchovies which have been passed through a sieve on top; boil two eggs hard.

2. 2

   Pass the whites and yolks through a fine sieve separately.

3. 3

   Chop some gherkins or olives or capers, whichever is most liked, and arrange the toast with the whites, then the yolk, and lastly the gherkins or capers.

4. 4

   In that way you get three colours, a band of each.

5. 5

   These toasts are best hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Savouries and sweets suitable for luncheons and dinners (1886) by Mary L. Allen, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Tricolour Toasts. I'Tor Four Persons. — 5 squares of bread; 3 or 4 ancbovies; 9 gherkins or olives, or 20 capers

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.