Baked Fresh Sardines

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

Sarde Fresche in Tortiera

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

Europe
Italy
Fish course
Pescatarian
Puglia
Mediterranean

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