Magic meze, the sardine, the married, despite its tiny size offers a multitude of nutrients and tons of flavor. This recipe, made in the oven, with herbs and grilled tomatoes, we have every reason to put it on our table. CORVERSE Another positive element is its particularly low price, combined with its flexibility in kitchen management. I can already hear your thoughts about cleaning and cooking the fish at home. You are right about everything, but there are solutions now, for all these problems of the ‘1st world’. We ask the fisherman, even in the supermarket or in the local people’s neighborhood, to clean us and fill us with the sardine, telling him, the way we intend to cook it and so everything happens, then, on the basis of the recipe. Shardela “married” Materials: 1 kilo fresh sardines 400 gr tomatoes 2 onions 2 garlic cloves 1 machete parsley 1/2 glass olive oil Salt & pepper Execution: If we want to live adventurously and insist on cleaning the sardine ourselves, here are the steps: We start by cutting off the head with a knife and clearing the intestines. As the head is attached to the abdomen, the intestines are removed, with only one movement Then wash the fish in a lot of running water to remove the scales With a knife or finger, open the abdomen along the central bone by gently pressing the flesh and remove the bone. Spread on an oily baking pan the opened filtered sardines (the skin should be from the bottom side) and salt them. In a medium bowl, add the chopped onion and parsley and the melted, two garlic cloves. Add some salt, some pepper, olive oil and mix all the ingredients. For each sardine, add some of the onion mixture in half and fold it with the other, closing the fish as a sandwich. Add the tomatoes and sprinkle with the remaining olive oil and parsley. Bake on the grill at 180 degrees, for about half an hour, until the sardines are crispy.
Sardine married with grilled tomatoes and herbs
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