Name: Skewered sardines with tartare dressing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: zest and juice 1 lemon; 4 tbsp olive oil; 12 sardines cleaned, gutted and heads cut off (ask your fishmonger to do this); small bunch dill finely chopped; small bunch parsley finely chopped; 1 tbsp capers drained and chopped; 2 tbsp cornichon drained and finely chopped; 8 wooden skewers soaked in water

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Skewered sardines with tartare dressing

Skewered sardines with tartare dressing

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 10 mins

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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zest and juice 1 lemon
4 tbsp olive oil
12 sardines

cleaned, gutted and heads cut off (ask your fishmonger to do this)
small bunch dill

finely chopped
small bunch parsley

finely chopped
1 tbsp capers

drained and chopped
2 tbsp cornichon

drained and finely chopped
8 wooden skewers

soaked in water

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal400
fat28g
saturates5g
carbs1g
sugars0g
fibre0g
protein37g
salt0.91g

low

Method

step 1

Pour half the lemon juice and 1 tbsp olive oil over the sardines, then rub it into the fish’s cavity and skin. Lay 2-3 sardines (depending on size) side by side and thread a skewer through the tail end and one through the head end, packing them closely together.
step 2

To make the tartare dressing, combine the lemon zest and the rest of the juice and oil with the dill, parsley, capers, cornichons and some seasoning. Set aside.
step 3

Season the sardines really well, then carefully lift them onto a hot barbecue. Cook for 3-4 mins on each side, carefully lifting the skewers to turn them, then transfer to a serving plate. Spoon over a little dressing and serve the rest on the side.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2011

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