Les sardines à la niçoise

Name: Les sardines à la niçoise
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper; olive oil; 1 clove garlic; butter; 4 slices white bread, crusts removed, made into breadcrumbs; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 2 eggs, beaten; lemon wedges, to garnish; 24 fresh sardines; 400 g/1 lb Swiss chard; 600 ml/1 pint mussels

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Feasts of Provence

By Robert Carrier

Published 1995

About

Ingredients

24 fresh sardines
600 ml/1 pint mussels
400

Europe
France
Provence
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

To Prepare the Sardines

Remove the heads and tails from the sardines. Glean and open them. Press them out flat.

To Clean the Mussels

Discard any that are opened or have shells that are cracked or broken. Then scrape the shells with a small kitchen knife, removing any barnacles or seaweed that might be cl