Stuffed (wedded) sardines

Mediterranean sardines are delicious but tiny, barely a mouthful each. That could be the reason this dish was invented – two sardines glued together with a paste made of fish roe and herbs, and then fried. The result looks like a couple in coitus, hence the name ‘wedded sardines’ (this is a dish from North Africa, where coitus means marriage). The sardines we get in this country are just as good but much bigger, so (sadly) there is no need to couple them; they remain single, but still delic