Grilled Sardines with Preserved Lemons, Cumin and Peppery Breadcrumbs

Name: Grilled Sardines with Preserved Lemons, Cumin and Peppery Breadcrumbs
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter or light meal
Ingredients: cumin seeds 2 tsp, crushed; preserved lemons 2, roughly chopped; sardines 8 large; olive oil for brushing; thyme sprigs 8 small; freshly ground black pepper to taste; sea salt flakes; flat-leaf parsley chopped to make 2 tbsp; Peppery Herbed Breadcrumbs; lemon wedges to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a starter or light meal

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Pepper

By Christine McFadden

Published 2008

About

There is a nice little after-glow of pepper from the breadcrumbs which cuts the richness of the sardines.

Ingredients

sardines 8 large
preserved lemons 2, roughly chopped
cumin seeds

Starter
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy

Method

Rinse the sardines under cold running water, rubbing off the scales with your fingers. Using a sharp knife, remove the heads then make a slit down the belly and pull out the innards. Rinse again, making sure the cavities are clean. Blot dry with paper towels.

Mix the preserved lemons with the cumin seeds. Push some of this mixture into the cavity of each sardine along with