Grilled Sardines on Toast

Name: Grilled Sardines on Toast
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter
Ingredients: 1 tbsp chopped parsley; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tsp white wine vinegar; 2 shallots, finely chopped; 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing; 3 ripe tomatoes, skinned, deseeded, and cut into rough 1 cm (½ inch) dice; 6 sardines, filleted and bones removed; 4 thick slices of bread

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a starter

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Simple Art of Marrying Food and Wine

By Malcolm Gluck and Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

BRING BACK PILCHARDS, I SAY. In fact, they are back. It’s just that no one wants to buy them, but they will buy sardines. Well, I’ve got news for you: the pilchard is a grown-up sardine whether you like it or not.

Ingredients

2 shallots, finely chopped
6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing
3 ripe tomato

Fish course
Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Gently cook the shallots in the olive oil for 2-3 minutes without colouring. Add the tomatoes and parsley, season well, and cook for another couple of minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the vinegar, and put to one side.
Meanwhile, heat the grill to its highest setting. Make a couple of diagonal slashes across each fillet, then brush with olive oil, and season.