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Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds

Name: Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 s
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 80 g preserved tomatoes; 80 g feta; 400 g bread; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 4 fillets of red mullet; 80 g poppy seeds; Basil; Salt; Pepper

Tasty morsels of red mullet, fried with poppy seeds and served as canapés on toast with feta, basil and preserved tomatoes.

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Duration

45 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 30^th 2026

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For 12 s, you will need:

1 80 g preserved tomatoes
2 80 g feta
3 400 g bread
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 4 fillets of red mullet
6 80 g poppy seeds
7 Basil
8 Salt
9 Pepper
Total weight: 1,085 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

35 min.

Cooking

10 min.

All in all

45 min.

Preparation 35 min.

Cooking 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 1

Cut 80 g preserved tomatoes and 80 g feta into small pieces.

Set aside.

Step 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 2

Prepare the bread

Cut 400 g bread (ideally, a french baguette) into small slices. You will need one slice per canapé.

Step 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 3

Brush the slices of bread rapidly with olive oil on both sides.

Step 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 4

Fry in a really hot frying pan until golden brown on both sides.

Keep hot (in the oven at 176°F / 80°C, for example).

Step 5 - ⌛ 10 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 5

Prepare the red mullet fillets

Rinse and dry 4 fillets of red mullet, then remove any bones carefully.

Step 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 6

Brush the fillets with olive oil on both sides, then salt and pepper them.

Step 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 7

Tip 80 g poppy seeds onto a small plate...

Step 8

...then dip the fish fillets flesh side downwards in the poppy seeds.

Step 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 9

Coat all the fillets like this.

Step 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 10

Put a frying pan on high heat and when really hot, add the red mullet fillets skin side downwards (no need to add any oil, as they have already been brushed with it).

Step 11 - ⌛ 3 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 11

Then turn the fillets over to cook the flesh side.

Step 12 - ⌛ 3 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 12

Assemble the canapés

On each slice of bread, start by adding a little feta and a little preserved tomato.

Step 13 - ⌛ 3 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 13

Lay a piece of red mullet on top, skin side downwards.

Step 14 - ⌛ 2 min.

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds : Step 14

Garnish with a fresh basil leaf and serve immediately.

Remarks

For the oil on the bread and the fish, I recommend using the oil from the preserved tomatoes, if possible, as it is well worth adding the extra flavour.

For the same reason, you can use feta in olive oil with herbs instead of plain feta.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	12 g RDI=19 %	19 g RDI=7 %	13 g RDI=18 %	241 kcal RDI=12 %	1,009 kJ RDI=12 %
Per	11 g RDI=17 %	17 g RDI=6 %	12 g RDI=16 %	217 kcal RDI=11 %	909 kJ RDI=11 %
Whole recipe	134 g RDI=207 %	202 g RDI=76 %	140 g RDI=191 %	2,606 kcal RDI=130 %	10,911 kJ RDI=130 %