Sardines Marinées au Citron et Cumin

Name: Sardines Marinées au Citron et Cumin
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: flour for dredging; juice of 3 lemons; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste; 2 tablespoons sweet paprika; 1 tablespoon ground cumin; ½ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 tablespoon kosher salt, plus more to taste; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander (cilantro); 10 to 11 tablespoons olive oil; 2 pounds fresh sardines

Sardines Marinated with Lemon and Cumin

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Saffron Shores

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 2002

About

Simy Danan’s recipe for marinated sardines is really a classic Spanish escabeche with Moroccan spices. The fish can be arranged atop a bed of roasted red and green bell peppers for a colorful (and tasty) presentation.

Ingredients

2 pounds fresh sardines
10 to 11 tablespoons olive oil
2

Africa
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Cut the heads off the sardines, cut them open along the belly, and remove the innards. Remove the bones by pressing along the backbone to open each fish like a book, then snapping off the bone just at the tail. Rinse and dry the fish.

In a shallow platter, combine 2 to 3 tablespoons of the o