Venetian Sardines

Name: Venetian Sardines
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters balsamic vinegar; 1 bay leaf; 4 servings all-purpose flour; 8 fresh sardines, cleaned, gutted & scaled; 4 servings lemon wedges; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 4 servings olive oil, for frying; 296 milliliters thinly sliced onions; 59 milliliters pine nuts, toasted; 2 Tbsps raisins, chopped; 3 Tbsps raw sugar; 1 large pinch saffron; 4 servings salt

Need a dairy free and pescatarian main course? Venetian Sardines could be an awesome recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains about 22g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 461 calories. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. If you have balsamic vinegar, salt, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon wedges you could follow this main course with the Rolled Baklava as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat the oil in a sautee pan and cook the onions until they are soft and pale gold.

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Onion

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat and transfer to a large shallow bowl or pan.

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Combine vinegar, sugar, raisins and bay leaf in a small saucepan and crumble in saffron.

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Bay Leaves

Raisins

Saffron

Vinegar

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Heat over low flame, stirring until sugar is dissolved, reducing slightly.

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Sugar

Pour over onions. Stir in pine nuts.

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Onion

Wash and pat sardines dry, then salt and dust with flour.

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Sardines

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Salt

Heat a generous amount of oil in a large skillet and, when hot but not smoking, fry sardines until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Dont crowd pan; fry in batches if necessary.

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Sardines

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Place the fried sardines into the marinade and spoon it over so they are well covered. The sardines can be eaten now, with lemon squeezed over, alongside a simple fennel salad and grilled white polenta. Or they can marinate in the refrigerator for a day or two and be served as part of a larger antipasti platter.

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White Polenta