Portuguese Cuisine

Sardines in rock salt

Cuisine: Portuguese Created by Fatima Barroso

Ingredients

1kg rock salt
2kg frozen Portuguese sardines, thawed
Extra virgin olive oil
1 lemon
1 red capsicum, chargrilled
1 green capsicum, chargrilled
2 garlic cloves, crushed

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Preparation

Preheat oven very hot 200 - 220° C. In a large baking dish spread a thick layer of rock salt so the base is well covered.

Wipe the sardines with paper towel to remove excess moisture. Pack sardines tightly side by side until they fill the baking dish.

Cover with 1 cm thick layer of rock salt and bake for 15 minutes. Check they’re cooked by uncovering one sardine and putting a knife in behind the head to test the flesh. When they’re cooked, put rubber gloves on and scoop the top layer of salt off the sardines. Gently remove each sardine while it's still hot and slip skin off – the fat under the skin and thick skin mean this is an easy process.

Once sardines have been skinned, remove the backbone and heads so you have perfect fillets. Place on a platter and drizzle with good olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.

Cut capsicum into strips and drape over the sardines. Mix crushed garlic through the sardines and capsicum and serve with crusty bread and a glass of wine.

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03 Dec 2010 03:01 AEST

diego mena

gulfview heights

sardines

I was wondering if you know where they sell frozen portuguese sardines [ whole]..in Mel..or Syd.,...i used to buy them in frozen packets in Adel. but lost contact,...your help will be much appreciated,..Sorry for the inconvenience, i've tried to find them with no luck, my E Mail address is ..d.mena@bigpond.com.....hope you can help.....Regards. D.Mena. p.s. love your show.

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