Sarde Fritte

Name: Sarde Fritte (Fried Sardines)
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: lemon juice, to serve; dry breadcrumbs; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus some for frying; 1 tablespoon grated parmesan; 2 large garlic cloves, chopped; 2 very heaped tablespoons chopped parsley; 12–15 small sardines (about 250 g/9 oz)

Fried Sardines

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Venezia

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2008

About

These are lovely any way they come: just fried alone or with a few drops of lemon juice; at room temperature or even cold. Serve these alone or as part of a larger spread of cicchetti.

Ingredients

Serves 4–6

12–15 small sardines (about 250 g/9 oz)
2

Europe
Italy
Dinner
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

____To fillet the sardines, cut off the heads, then make a slit down the side of each fish & remove the guts. Open out the sardines like a book so they are still hinged together & place, skin-side up on a chopping board. Press each sardine lightly, yet firmly, to open out. Turn each over & pull out the backbone. Rinse & pat dry.

____Mix together the parsley, garlic, parm