Stuffed sardines

Name: Stuffed sardines (Sardines farcies)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 shallot, roughly chopped; bunch of fresh parsley; 125 g (4½ oz) smoked streaky bacon, minced; 50 g (2 oz) Swiss chard; lemon wedges, to serve; 75 ml (3 fl oz) milk; 125 g (4½ oz) fresh breadcrumbs; 12 sardines, cleaned and boned; 125 g (4½ oz) crustless white bread; 50 g (2 oz) Parmesan cheese, grated; 1 egg, beaten

Sardines farcies

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

New Bistro

By Fran Warde

Published 2009

About

Nothing beats sea-fresh sardines and, with Dominique’s unusual but tasty stuffing, this is a dish that is full of flavour.

Ingredients

125 g (4½ oz) crustless white bread
75 ml (3

Europe
France
Main course
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Soak the bread in milk for 5 minutes. Blanch the Swiss chard for 2 minutes in boiling water, then drain and squeeze out any excess water.

Put the bacon, blanched Swiss chard, milk-soaked bread, parsley and shallot in a food processor and m