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Pintxo de bonito — close-up of tuna spread, anchovy, roasted red pepper and olive on a toothpick on a baguette slice, Basque Country

Pintxo de Bonito recipe

Servings 2 people
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes

Equipment

  • Toothpicks
  • Fork
  • Big bowl
  • Knife

Ingredients

  • 1 tin Bonito (use Tuna as an alternative)
  • Mayo
  • 1 Baguette
  • 1 tin Anchovies
  • Pimientos de Piquillo (roasted red peppers)
  • Guindillas picantes (pickled green chili peppers)
  • Green olives

Instructions

  • Empty the tin of Bonito into a big bowl
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 1 — hands holding an Ortiz Bonito del Norte in olive oil tin over a wooden board
  • Add a couple of spoons of mayo over the Bonito
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 2 — a spoonful of mayonnaise being added from a jar into a mixing bowl
  • Mix the Bonito with the mayo into a paste, using a fork
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 3 — bonito and mayonnaise mixed into a chunky pale paste in a glass bowl with a fork
  • Cut the baguette into slices
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 4 — hands slicing a crusty baguette into rounds on a wooden chopping board
  • Add the Bonito and mayo spread onto the baguette slices
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 5 — hand holding a baguette slice spread with bonito and mayo paste, with guindillas and mixing bowl in background
  • Add an anchovy on top of the bonito spread
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 6 — a single anchovy fillet laid lengthways on bonito mayo spread on a baguette slice
  • Add a piece of roasted pepper over the anchovy
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 7 — a strip of roasted red pepper laid over the anchovy on bonito mayo spread on a baguette slice
  • Cut the pickled pepper into medium pieces
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 8 — hand cutting a guindilla pickled pepper into pieces on a wooden chopping board
  • Put an olive and the pickled pepper on a toothpick
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 9 — hands threading a green olive and guindilla piece onto a toothpick held up close
  • Put the toothpick through the spread and the baguette slice
    Pintxo de bonito recipe step 10 — hands holding a finished pintxo with toothpick, olive, guindilla, red pepper and anchovy on bonito spread