I have a similar recipe but add mango chutney to it (about a tablespoon full per tin of sardines). The sweetness of the chutney takes away any bitterness. Really nice spread on hot toast. Don't use with sardines in tomato sauce...yuk!
Do you mean fresh or tinned? I only buy tinned. I prefer the ones in oil but I do like the ones in tomato sauce too (especially on toast or even as a sandwich filling). If the taste is a little too strong, then you might need to add another strong flavour to them to balance them out a bit? So, perhaps mushrooms; cheese; French mustard goes well with them. Ok, here are some suggestions for you:-as a topping for a jacket potato (you can also sprinkle some grated cheese over the top - if you are avoiding having much cheese, use parmesan. It has a stronger taste so you use less)Use sardines instead of tuna for a tuna pasta meal - particularly the tinned ones in tomato sauceIf you have the oil ones, use them in an omelette and serve with a green saladUse them as a pizza toppingFishcakes (but serve with a proper homemade hot tomato sauce so they are not "boring")make them into pasties (with mushrooms or other vegetables to pad it out)If you were thinking about lunches, then, as stated above either on toast, or in a sandwich. Vary your bread to ring the changes: so, in a pitta with sliced red onion and green salad leaves; or, in a roll (mash the sardines and add some French mustard to taste) with sliced cucumber/tomato. I've got a craving for sardines now Oh and a "sardine" is a small "pilchard" (and I love, love, love pilchards too)!
Not had Sardines or Kippers for ages . I'll buy some this week . I like the tinned sardines ( oil or tomato ) and the boil in the bag Kippers - lovely !
I remember when we went to the IOM Sheal and we found a place that posted them ( I think it was in Peel ). We sent them back to all our family and they all said they were delicious. Do they still do that ?
OMG @Jack McHammocklashing your description was wonderful. I need to travel there. Other than sardines from a tin put on toast have not experienced other, I do like them that way. have seen Anthony B. off in Spain eating sardines packed different than I can get, so want to find them. Also was up in a Russian Store in Cleveland, OH. picked up some jarred fish, really good. Use sardines to hide pills for the cats also. When I was up in Oregon, sent home cans of smoked oysters, love them .
just recalled, used to throw a can of tuna in to the tomato pasta sauce for my first husband who was Italian, he loved it. So sardines is not that much from that . looked it up and sure enough here is a possible idea for you. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/70726/pasta-de-sardine/
I'm sure tinned Sardines are about twice the cost they were a few years ago, as we no longer buy them. The larger ones from fresh fish counters taste stronger, and I think are best wrapped in squid and cast out as bait to catch better tasting fish.
Indeed! Used to be 17p a tin and within a month or three were then being sold at 30p! Tesco value sardines are 34p a tin, but ... when you work it out ... Tesco value sardines are: £28.30p a Kilo!!!
And one tin would be shared between the 2 of us and eaten with homemade bread, together with something else homegrown to keep within our breakfast budget of 20p each.
Wow that concentrates the mind somewhat! Especially when for all intents and purposes Sardines are small Herring. That's more expensive than say your average brand of sliced Smoked Salmon. Ok the Salmon will 99% be farmed but even so and no waste. If nobody has ever tried it try frying smoked Salmon as you would Bacon, you need to put a bit of bacon fat or similar in the pan otherwise it sticks. I ran my own Smoked Salmon business for many many years and fried is the only way I will eat it now after having endured far too many blind tasting panels .
Doesn't it! Oooh, never tried fried smoked salmon ... I can see why it would work though. Great tip, thank you
