ROASTED SARDINES WITH GREEN GARLIC GREMOLATA by The Year in Food | Feastie

By vdub

Ingredients

• 1.5 pounds fresh sardines
• 3 tablespoons flatleaf parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon minced green garlic bulbs
• zest of 1 lemon, plus juice
• olive oil
• sea salt + freshly cracked black pepper

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from feastie.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

If your sardines have their heads and guts, you’ll want to remove these. First, remove the head. (I yanked! So barbaric.) Next, gently open the belly beneath the rear fin. You can use your fingers. Pull the spine out and remove any guts. Rinse with cool water and pat dry.

To make the gremolata, combine the parsley, minced green garlic and lemon zest + juice. Salt to taste.

Brush both the inside and outside of the fish with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place them on a lightly greased baking dish and roast for 5 minutes.

Remove from the oven and top with the gremolata. Serve immediately.