Baked Sardines with Cheese

Name: Baked Sardines with Cheese (Sardi ‘nfurnati co’ caciu)
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Liberal sprinkle of dried oregano; 2 pounds fresh, sardines, cleaned; Salt and pepper to taste; 1½ cups Uncooked Tomato Sauce; ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil; 4 ounces caciocavallo cheese, shaved

Sardi ‘nfurnati co’ caciu

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sicilian Feasts

By Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Published 2023

About

This is a very unusual dish in that it includes cheese. Gourmets have been known to go to war over fish sauces served on spaghetti with grated cheese, but my father used to make this dish of baked sardines topped with cheese and it was delicious.

Ingredients

¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 pounds fresh, sardines, cleaned

Europe
Italy
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Sicily
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Using 2 tablespoons oil, grease a baking pan that will hold all the sardines in a single layer. I use a large white ceramic quiche pan, and I arrange the fi