Sardines are a nutritious food, rich in vitamins, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids. These blue fish are also inexpensive and easy to prepare. Canned sardines are immersed in water, oil, lemon juice or tomato sauce, ingredients that are suitable for different preparations. For simplicity, you can eat them as they are, placed on slices of toast or added to a salad. If, on the other hand, you are in the mood for cooking, you can prepare two dishes that represent the quintessence of the fisherman's diet. Enjoy your meal!
Ingrediants
Fisherman's Eggs
- Canned sardines
- 1 small shallot
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 3 sprigs of parsley
- 4 eggs
- Salt and pepper
Fried sardines
- Canned sardines
- 60 g of flour
- 120 g of breadcrumbs
- Salt and pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of water
- 120 + 60 ml of oil for frying
- 60 g of capers, drained and rinsed
- 60 g of fresh parsley leaves
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Simple Recipes for Eating Canned Sardines
Step 1. Take them out of the box and eat them
There is no need to follow complicated recipes to enjoy sardines. Simply grab a fork, take them out of the box, and eat them when you feel like having a healthy, protein-rich meal or snack. You can add a few drops of lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, or hot sauce if you want to make them even tastier.
Canned sardines take up little space, so they fit easily into your camping backpack or survival kit
Step 2. Add them to the salad
Place them on the plate as the last ingredient to give more flavor and substance to raw vegetables. You can take a cue from this idea: prepare a mince based on sardines, oranges, olives and hard-boiled egg to sprinkle over the leaves of lettuce or your favorite salad, add a simple dressing and enjoy this authentic delight.
Step 3. Serve them on toast
The savory taste and meaty texture of sardines make them the perfect complement to crunchy slices of toast. Slice the bread, toast it, butter it and add a couple of sardines. Try this combination too: spread the mayonnaise on the bread, add the sardines and sprinkle them with thin slices of fennel.
Step 4. Eat sardines on crackers
Choose the ones you like best and use them as a base for canned sardines. If you wish, you can add a few drops of hot sauce to give you a boost. Alternatively, you can use mayonnaise or mustard: spread them on the crackers before adding the sardines.
Step 5. Prepare a pasta sauce in a few minutes
Pour a drizzle of oil into a pan, add a couple of minced garlic cloves and the sardines. Let the garlic sauté, then pour the cooked pasta into the pan and toss in this delicious sauce. You can also add some tomatoes, capers or lemon zest.
Step 6. Put the sardines on the pizza
They go well with almost any type of pizza (according to some fans even with the one with spicy salami). Also try them on focaccia together with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and onions; you can also add mozzarella.
Method 2 of 3: Fisherman's Eggs
Step 1. Preheat the oven and a baking dish
Turn on the oven to 250 ° C and let a heat resistant dish heat for 5 minutes.
Step 2. Prepare a mince of shallots, garlic and parsley and place it in the hot pan with the sardines
Take a knife, cutting board and finely chop a small shallot, two cloves of garlic and three sprigs of parsley. Put the mince and sardines in the hot pan, then season the ingredients with a grind of black pepper.
Step 3. Bake the sardines for 6 minutes, then add the eggs
Put the pan in the oven, after 6 minutes take it out taking care not to burn your hands, then add 4 eggs after having beaten them in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
Step 4. Cook the eggs for 7 minutes, then let the ingredients rest for 5 minutes
After adding the eggs, return the dish to the oven and let them cook for 7 minutes. The egg whites should thicken but remain soft. When the time runs out, take the dish out of the oven and let the ingredients rest for 5 minutes. During this time, the residual heat will complete the cooking. Serve the eggs accompanied by toast and your favorite hot sauce.
Method 3 of 3: Fried Sardines
Step 1. Prepare the ingredients
Rinse the sardines and pat them dry. Pour 60 g of flour into a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Beat two eggs with a tablespoon of water in another bowl. Finally pour 120 g of breadcrumbs into a third bowl.
Step 2. Bread the sardines
Dip them respectively in the flour, in the egg and then in the breadcrumbs. Start by placing 2-3 sardines in the bowl with the flour, turn them on both sides, and then shake them gently to let the excess fall out. Transfer them to the bowl with the beaten eggs and then to the one with the breadcrumbs. Make sure they are evenly coated with the breading. Repeat the steps until you have breaded all the sardines.
Step 3. Fry the sardines in oil for 6-7 minutes
Heat 120ml of seed oil in a pan suitable for deep frying, using medium heat. To get dry and crunchy frying, you only need to pan a few sardines at a time, so they don't touch each other. Let them fry until they take on a nice golden color; after 3-4 minutes you will have to turn them to make sure that they become golden and crunchy on the other side as well. Cook them for another 3 minutes and then drain them from the oil.
- Repeat the steps to fry the rest of the sardines.
- If you deem it necessary, add a little oil between frying.
Step 4. Salt the fried sardines
After draining them from the oil, place them on a plate lined with absorbent paper and add salt while they are still hot.
Step 5. Serve them with parsley and fried capers
Heat two tablespoons of oil in the same pan you fried the sardines in. Add 60 g of capers, after having drained and rinsed them, and 60 g of parsley leaves. Let the two ingredients fry in hot oil for a minute, then drain and use them to further flavor the sardines. Enjoy your meal!
