Pintxos bar Euskal Taberna, Placeta Montcada.
A selection of mini open sandwiches
Montaditos variados
Enter any Basque pintxos bar and you’ll be visually delighted by row after row of beautifully prepared montaditos. Each of these little one- or two-bite wonders is held together by a toothpick, which you save and present to the bar staff to calculate the bill. The idea is to grab a plate and help yourself to as many as you like. The montadito ideas here use other recipes from My Barcelona Kitchen. Choose any type of crispy brown or white bread or biscuit base you like, or simply use a slice of baguette. Put together your montadito in the order the ingredients appear in each list.
Pickled anchovy
El boquerón
1 sun-dried tomato, chopped
2 prepared boquerones
1 gherkin (cornichon), chopped
1 green olive, pitted
Sardine
La sardina
1 piquillo pepper or use 1 strip roasted red capsicum/pepper
1 teaspoon black olive tapenade
1 guindilla (medium-hot) chilli