Name: Baked Fresh Sardines (Sarde Fresche in Tortiera)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 2 large eggs, beaten with a pinch salt; 1 handful parsley, chopped salt and pepper; 4 oz (100 g) pecorino or Parmesan cheese, grated; 5 oz (150 g) fresh breadcrumbs; 1 small wine glass olive oil; 6 tablespoons water mixed with ½ teaspoon salt; 1¾ lb (800 g) fresh or frozen sardines, scaled, gutted, washed and patted dry

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Regional Cookery

By Valentina Harris

Published 1990

About

This is a deliciously simple, wonderful dish from Puglia, in which sardines are layered and baked, coated with a savoury custard.

Ingredients

1¾ lb (800 g) fresh or frozen sardines, scaled, gutted, washed and patted dry
6 tablespoons

Method

Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4, 350°F (180°C).

Prepare the fish with care, open them out flat and remove the heads and the central bones. Put the salted water in the bottom of an ovenproof dish large enough to take all the fish in 2 layers and put 1 layer of fish on the bottom