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Baked Crispy Sardines Recipe

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Easy Recipes, Main Courses, Seafood
Servings 4
Calories 341 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1kg / 2lb sardines, scaled, gutted and heads removed
  • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
  • 1/3 cup very finely chopped parsley
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/3 cup white wine
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2/3 cup bread crumbs, made from a day-old bread

Instructions
 

  • #There is something appealing about a crispy topping on food. For that reason, it is a must that everybody is around the dinner table as you remove this dish from the oven. Serve it immediately - crunchy crumb topping over tangy tasting sardines.# Preheat oven to 350 °F / 180 °C.
  • Rinse and pat the sardines dry. Rub them with salt and pepper, inside and out. Brush a round shallow dish (preferably earthenware) with oil. Fan the sardines out in a circle, all the tails coming together in the middle.
  • Mix the oil, wine and lemon juice. Pour over the fish.
  • Then in a separate bowl mix the bread crumbs, parsley ,garlic and lemon zest. Scatter evenly over the sardines. Drizzle with more oil if you like.
  • Bake until the fish are cooked and the crumb topping is golden brown for about 30 minutes. Serve straight from the oven.
Keyword Fish recipes