Does anyone have any recipes that include sardines?!
but this link has several good ideas for sardines....
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,sa...
Answers: The only way Ive eaten is drizzled with wine vinegar...then mashed and mixed with butter....
but this link has several good ideas for sardines....
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,sa...
Try:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food
http://www.uktvfood.co.uk
:)
Pasta with Sardines
2 pounds fresh sardines
1 ? pound bulb fennel, thickly sliced
? cup olive oil
2 onions, finely sliced
4 anchovy filets
? cup pine nuts
? cup golden raisins
1 package saffron
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pound pasta
1 cup breadcrumbs
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Remove heads and tails from half the sardines. Cut in 1 inch pieces. Leave second half intact.
Wash and trim fennel. Put into pan with about 8 cups cold, salted water. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, about 5- 8 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon, drain in colander, then gently squeeze out water. Chop roughly. Reserve cooking water.
Heat 1/4 cup oil in frying pan. Sauté onions over medium heat until golden. Add chopped sardines and anchovies. As they cook, crush sardines with back of spoon to make a thick paste. Add pine nuts, raisins, saffron, salt and pepper.
In a separate pan, heat remaining oil and lightly sauté the fennel, removing to a separate bowl. Sauté the remaining whole sardines. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes, turning once gently, careful not to to break sardines.
Using fennel water, boil pasta until al dente, (about 10-12 minutes). Drain. Put in bowl and dress with half the sardine sauce.
Put a layer of dressed pasta in an oven-proof casserole. On top of that, put a layer of fennel, then a a layer of whole sardines with additional sauce. Continue until ingredients are used up, ending with a layer of bucatini. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over top. Cover and bake for 15 - 20 minutes.
Pasta may be served hot or cold
You could probably substitute them for anchovies in a Caesar dressing. I've also added them (finely chopped) to marinara.
PASTA CON LE SARDE (pasta with sardines) and SARDELLE IN SAOR (sardines in sweet and sour sauce) are two very delicious Sicilian dishes that use fresh sardines. Look 'em up on any good Italian recipe site.
Can't help you with canned sardines.
Tomato/ sardine dip.
1 handfull ritz crackers
1 can of crushed tomatos
1 teaspoon mustard
1 handfull shedded cheese (i like to use chedder jack)
1 can sardines
mix very very well in a bowl, season to taste(i like to use a lot of pepper)
if too runny, add more crackers
if too thick, add more mustard
use it as pizza topping.
Or
cook it with lots of fresh chopped tomatos, black olives, capers and EVOO. it will make a great pasta toss