Grilled sardines with warm red pepper and fennel vinaigrett
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Sardines; depending on size, | |
| (8 to 12) | ||
| ; scaled and cleaned | ||
| 8 | smalls | Sprigs fennel; (8 to 12) |
| A little olive oil | ||
| Coarse salt | ||
| 1½ | tablespoon | Good quality red wine vinegar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Dijon mustard |
| 4 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 3 | tablespoons | Chopped fennel |
| 1 | small | Red pepper; grilled, skinned, |
| ; deseeded and finely | ||
| ; diced | ||
| Salt and lots of freshly-ground pepper | ||
Directions
FOR THE VINAIGRETTE
Pre-heat the grill or barbecue. 1 Rinse the sardines and pat dry. Put a fennel sprig in the stomach cavity of each fish. Grill or barbecue the fish brushed lightly with oil.
2 Season with coarse sea salt as you turn, until cooked through, 3-5 minutes on each side, depending on the size of the fish and strength of the heat.
3 Whisk the vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a small pan. Whisk in the olive oil. Stir in the fennel and red pepper. Heat without boiling. Lay the sardines on plates, spoon over the vinaigrette and serve immediately.
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Recipe by: Sophie Grigson
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