This delicious recipe is an incredibly quick way to use tinned sardines. The addition of lemon juice, lemon zest, mustard and fresh herbs cuts through the sardines and brings wonderful freshness. Combined with liberally buttered toast, and this really is a winner for a 5 minute lunch.
Ingredients
- One tin of good sardines in olive oil. In this recipe we used Maruxaina’s
- A teaspoon of dijon mustard
- Juice of half a lemon (or more, to taste)
- Zest of half a lemon
- 1 garlic clove, finely grated
- Small handful of finely chopped parsley
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Sea salt
- Black pepper
- Good toast
- Butter
Method
- Cut thick slices of bread and toast
- Open the sardines, pour the olive oil into a bowl as the base of the dressing
- To the oil, add a teaspoon of dijon mustard, zest and juice of half a lemon, and the grated garlic and mix well
- If the sauce is a bit thick or you just want more, add a bit more lemon juice and some extra virgin olive oil
- Add in the finely chopped parsley, a good pinch of sea salt and a few twists of black pepper, and mix again to combine
- Place the sardines on a plate, and pour over the dressing
- Enjoy with some well buttered toast!