Fresh Sardines with Two-Olive Bread Crumb Crust

Name: Fresh Sardines with Two-Olive Bread Crumb Crust
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters coarse fresh bread crumbs; 4 servings Lemon wedges, for serving; 59 milliliters oil-cured black olives, pitted and chopped; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 79 milliliters Sicilian green olives, pitted and chopped; 1 teaspoons minced rosemary; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 kilograms 12 fresh whole sardines (about , heads and bones removed, fish kept intact

Fresh Sardines with Two-Olive Bread Crumb Crust is Head to the store and pick up olive oil, rosemary, oil-cured olives, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon wedges you could follow this main course with the Rolled Baklava as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the broiler.

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Broiler

Spread the sardines open on a large baking sheet, skin side down. In a medium bowl, combine the bread crumbs, green and black olives, 1 1/2 tablespoons of the olive oil and the rosemary and season with salt and pepper. Top each sardine with 2 heaping tablespoons of the bread crumbs, pressing them to adhere.

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Salt And Pepper

Black Olives

Breadcrumbs

Olive Oil

Rosemary

Sardines

Spread

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Baking Sheet

Bowl

Divide the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil between 2 large nonstick ovenproof skillets. Arrange 6 sardines in each skillet, skin side down, and cook over moderately high heat until browned on the bottom and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Sardines

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Frying Pan

Set the skillets under the broiler, 1 at a time if necessary, and broil for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the bread crumbs are golden and crisp.

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Breadcrumbs

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Broiler

Serve the sardines immediately with lemon wedges.

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Lemon Wedge

Sardines

ONE SERVING Calories 380 kcal, Total Fat 4 gm, Saturated Fat 6 gm

Wine Recommendation: The assertive flavors of sardines and olives need a clean, pleasantly sharp white wine for contrast. Look for a Sauvignon Blanc-based French wine, such as the 1996 Comte Lafond Sancerre or the 1997 Michel Lynch Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux.

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Sancerre