Best Portuguese Style Sardines On Toast Recipes

PORTUGUESE-STYLE SARDINES ON TOAST

Steps:

• Using your hands, remove the skin and bones from the sardines - simply hold the fish under a gently running tap and rub the skins off with your thumb.
• Gently open the fish and remove any bones. Flake the flesh and leave on one side
• Finely dice the red onion. Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for about 30 seconds, before plunging them into cold water. Remove their skins and seeds and finely dice the flesh.
• Toss the tomatoes and onion with the lemon juice, olive oil, cumin seeds and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, rub the toasted bread with olive oil and garlic, and heap the sardines onto the bread. Scatter over the tomato mixture and garnish with the Feta cheese.

SARDINHAS A SETUBAL / PORTUGUESE BAKED SARDINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)
• Brush the fish with half of the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Use the rest of the olive oil to grease a shallow oven dish.
• Combine the tomatoes, onion, garlic, parsley, dill, a little more salt, pepper and the wine and spread evenly over the bottom of the oven dish. Place the sardines on top of the tomato mixture and spoon a little of the mixture over the sardines.
• Bake until fish is cooked (depends on the size of the sardines) between 10-20 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

SARDINE TOASTS WITH TOMATO AND SWEET ONION

Steps:

• Toast the bread under a broiler (on both sides) or in the toaster.
• While the toast is still warm, immediately rub it (aggressively!) with the cut side of the garlic clove, then spread toast generously with butter. Top butter with tomato slices and lightly salt them.
• Top tomatoes with sardines and then onion slices. Drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice, then season with more salt and pepper. Garnish with basil if you like and serve immediately.