This is something I prepared after coming back from Portugal and Spain earlier this year and I definitely didn’t have enough of choriço as you may notice. Came back from a busy day and was in absolutely no mood to cook. I had some left over pesto sitting in the fridge from a dish I made earlier that week and right below it sitting quite smugly was some of that choriço i brought along with me from Portugal. All my brain processed was “OOOOOH TAPAS POR FAVOR”
So here’s what you’ll need:
For the pesto:
- 1 cup olive oil
- Bunch of coriander leaves with stalks
- 5-6 stalks of Basil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Juice of ½ an Orange
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 tbsp grape vinegar
- 1 tbsp yoghurt
- 1 large green chili (its only for flavor, larger the chilly lesser the spice)
- a few chili flakes (this is the spicy bit and you can do without if you prefer)
For the rest:
- 1 large Baguette
- Parmesan shavings
- Cherry tomatoes
- Choriço
The Technique is ridiculously simple. For the pesto; blend all the ingredients till smooth.
Pre-heat the oven to about 220°C. Cut the Baguette up diagonally. Layer the pesto, Choriço, shredded parmesan and halves of cherry tomatoes on the bread.
Layer them up
Toss in the oven for 10-15 minutes up until the cheese has melted.
Once its out, set it aside for a couple minutes; the temperature will be just warm enough so as you bite into it, these little cherry tomato bunkers just explode with flavor, juicing up the rest of your morsel.
Enjoy!
Bruschetta con Choriço and cherry tomato bunkers
Eaternally Yours,
Drina C.
What has Celebration, nomination and sticky pork got to do with each other? Nothing really, except my heart is doing little somersaults every time I look back at the word nomination beside my name. Before I continue on that nomination let me start with the celebratory news; with my one year blog anniversary fast approaching, I am just in the midst of a lot of new changes, for the blog and my personal life as well. With the likes of a new job (woooooo! oh my i’m excited) and a new house (wooooooo! some more excitement), my life is taking a huge detour for the better. And to add to all this celebratory news.. ‘the nomination’ for a storytelling award.
