Sweet & Sour Sardines
 
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A simply stunning sardine dish, which makes your taste buds sing.
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Recipe type: Seafood Recipes
Cuisine: Venetian
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 12 sardines, de scaled and gutted
  • 1 onion, roughly chopped
  • ½ cup white wine
  • ½ cup of dill pickle juice
  • 1 dill pickle, finely chopped
  • 2 bay leaves
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • oil for cooking
  • handful of chopped dill
  • ½ red capsicum, diced
Method
  1. Clean the fresh sardines by removing the scales with a sharp knife and then cutting along the belly, scarping out the guts. Set aside.
  2. Heat some oil in a pan and cook the chopped onions till blonde and soft. Add the wine and dill pickle juice and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the bay leaves and chopped dill pickle and cook till slightly reduced. Season with salt and pepper and then set aside.
  3. Heat a pan and brush the sardines with some oil. Cook on one side on medium heat for about 4 minutes and then turn over and cook for another 4 minutes.
  4. Lay the cooked sardines on a platter and pour over the sweet and sour sauce. Leave this aside to cool completely.
  5. Once ready to serve, top with the dill and chopped capsicum.
Recipe by Finding Feasts at https://www.findingfeasts.com.au/recipe-index/sweet-sour-sardines/