Spanish Pinchos
Versatility is the key here, so experiment and use your favorite sweet and savory ingredients to build these beautiful 2-bite treats. For a savory take, try roasted butternut squash, roasted red peppers, sautéed shrimp and a sliver of garlic. For a sweeter pincho, pile bread with a honey-rosemary-goat cheese spread, roasted butternut squash and sliced fig, but remember, you have to secure your masterpiece with a toothpick for it truly to be a pincho!
Ingredients
- crusty bread (baguette) cut into rounds
- small shrimp
- butternut squash
- garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- beets, washed, dried, stalks & leaves removed
- herbed-marinated olives
- roasted red peppers
- olive oil
- dried rosemary
- goat cheese
- mission figs, sliced
- honey
Equipment
- toothpicks
How-to
Sauté Shrimp
- Heat a few teaspoons of olive oil in a skillet, add garlic and shrimp and cook over medium heat until shrimp are no longer translucent and turn pink, 5-8 minutes
Roast Butternut Squash
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Peel and cut butternut squash to desired size, drizzle with olive oil and lightly salt. Toss the squash until evenly coated
- Transfer to parchment lined baking sheet and roast in the oven until the squash can be easily pierced with a knife, about 15- 20 minutes
Roast Beets
- Preheat oven to 375º
- Place beets on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
- Drizzle olive oil over beets and evenly coat them with your hands or a brush
- Season with salt and pepper
- Roast for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, turning the beets halfway through cooking time, or until you can easily insert a knife into them
- Remove skins and slice
Assemble Savory Pinchos
- Layer sliced bread with butternut squash or beet, roasted red peppers, olive, a shrimp, and a slice of garlic then skewer with a toothpick. Add a generous drizzle of olive oil to finish and enjoy
Make Honey Rosemary Goat Cheese
- Combine honey, rosemary and softened goat cheese until mixture become spreadable. Taste the mixture and add additional honey or rosemary if necessary
Assemble Sweet Pinchos
- Layer sliced bread with a dollop of goat cheese mixture, butternut squash and a slice of fig. Secure with toothpick and enjoy!