Easy Bacon Sardines & Sauce Gribiche
My roasted easy bacon sardines topped with a crumbly egg gribiche sauce… What a great fish lunch with a classic French twist!
Ingredients
- 8 large fresh sardines
- 4 thin slices salted bacon
- 1 tbsp capers in brine chopped finely
- 2 small pickled gherkins chopped finely
- ½ tsp strong mustard
- 1 hard-boiled egg chopped
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp fresh tarragon chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- 1 tsp dried herbs
- olive oil
- pepper
- salt
Instructions
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Once cleaned, rinse the sardines well and then pat them dry with some kitchen paper. Place them upside down on a clean chopping board and sprinkle with some pepper, salt and dried herbs.
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Slice the bacon strips in half. Then fold it up a bit until it fits in the sardines bellies. Place the sardines in an oven dish and sprinkle with olive oil.
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Roast the sardines in a preheated oven at 300°F (150°C) for 15 minutes. Transfer the boiled egg, capers and gherkins to a mixing bowl. Also add the mustard, lemon juice and ¼ cup (60 ml) of olive oil. Add the tarragon and parsley.
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Season with a pinch of pepper and salt. Stir the egg sauce well.
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Remove the sardines from the hot oven. You can serve them hot or cold. Then transfer the sardines onto plates and drizzle with the gribiche sauce. Serve.
