Ingredients:
1 kg fresh sardines
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup white breadcrumbs
1/4 cup sultanas
1/4 cup pine nuts
20 grams canned anchovies, drained and mashed
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
2 spring onions, chopped
salt and black pepper
lemon wedges, to serve
Directions:
Preheat oven to 180ºC (Gas mark 4). Remove heads from fish, open belly
of each sardine and remove insides. Lever off each backbone with fingers by
gently pulling away from flesh. Cut off at tail end of bone. Wash in salted
water and dry on paper towels.
Heat half the oil in a frying pan. Add
breadcrumbs; cook quickly until lightly brown. Drain crumbs on paper towels.
Place half the crumbs in a bowl, stir in
sultanas, pine nuts, mashed anchovies, sugar, parsley, spring onions, salt and
pepper. Stuff about 2 teaspoons of mixture into each sardine cavity.
Place stuffed sardines side by side into a
well-greased baking dish in a single layer. Sprinkle any remaining stuffing
over the top of sardines with the remaining cooked breadcrumbs. Drizzle the
remaining olive oil over top. Bake for 30 minutes. Serve sardines accompanied
by lemon wedges.