Name: Grilled Sardine Fillets on Tomato Toasts
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive oil; Juice of ½ lemon; Salt and freshly ground white pepper; 8 fresh sardines, scaled and filleted; 1 quantity Stewed Tomatoes, Pesto and Onions; 300 ml (10 fl oz) Hollandaise Sauce (optional); 4 × 1 cm (½ in) slices crusty or onion bread

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Rhodes Around Britain

By Gary Rhodes

Published 1994

About

This is a similar dish to the mackerel recipe but with this we’ve created different tastes and textures. It’s not just an alternative, therefore, but a dish quite rightly out on its own. It may sound a little complicated but believe me, it’s simple and tasty, so try it!

Ingredients

8 fresh sardines, scaled and filleted
4 tablespoons olive oil
Juice of ½

Method

In a dish large enough to hold the sardines in one layer, mix the olive oil with the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Lay the sardine fillets into the oil and leave for 1–2 hours to take on the taste.

Brush the bread slices with a little of the marinade oil. These slices can now be toasted on both sides until golden. Warm the stewed tomatoes with pesto.

Pre-heat the