Grilled Sardines with Tomato Salsa
| Preparation Time | 10 minutes |
| Cooking Time | 20 minutes |
| Standing/Marinating | 0 minutes |
| Serves | 4 portions |
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 8 large sardines, gutted and cleaned | 2 Tbsp chopped green pepper |
| 10ml lemon juice | 50g tomato paste |
| 400g chopped Italian tomatoes | a splash of Worcester sauce |
| 1 large brown onion | 30ml olive oil |
| course salt and cracked pepper, to taste | 6 lemon wedges |
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180’C. If cooking over coals, prepare the fire.
- Add 15ml of olive oil to the pan and heat over medium heat.
- Add the onion and green pepper, fry until the onion becomes transparent.
- Add the tomato, tomato paste, and Worcester sauce and cook in a frying pan until the tomato softens and the mixture becomes saucy. Set aside.
- Pat the sardines dry with paper towel and place onto a baking tray or braai grid. Season with olive oil, course salt, and lemon juice.
- Place under the grill or on the fire and cook each side for 2-3 minutes, being careful not to burn the fish.
- Remove the fish from the oven and place 2 sardines onto each plate.
- Spoon the tomato salsa over the top of the sardines and garnish with lemon wedges.
- Drizzle a little olive oil and lemon juice over the top and serve hot.