Crostini with tuna, olives and capers

Recipes / Fish

For a magnificent start to your gourmet feast, try these smoked tuna crostini.

Recipe «Crostini with tuna, olives and capers» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/2 wood-fired loaf or ficelle, thickly sliced on the diagonal, 1/4 cup olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, 125g pitted black olives, cut into slivers, 1 tbsp salted capers*, rinsed, , 8 semi-dried tomatoes, chopped, 1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano, 125g can smoked tuna slices, drained , 1 cup wild rocket.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 wood-fired loaf or ficelle, thickly sliced on the diagonal 
  • 1/4 cup olive oil 
  • 2 garlic cloves 
  • 125g pitted black olives, cut into slivers 
  • 1 tbsp salted capers*, rinsed, 
  • 8 semi-dried tomatoes, chopped 
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano 
  • 125g can smoked tuna slices, drained 
  • 1 cup wild rocket 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush bread slices with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes (or toast on a chargrill). Halve a garlic clove and rub cut side over bread while still hot.
  2. Finely chop remaining garlic and place in a bowl with olives, capers, tomatoes and oregano. Add tuna, breaking up if too large. Place a few rocket leaves on each bread slice, pile on topping and drizzle with oil.