Stuffed Sardines with Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
? 2 cups cleaned and dried sardines (500g)
? 1 3/4 cups bread crumbs (200g)
? 1 egg
? 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
? Zest of 1 lemon
? ¼ cup grated Pecorino cheese (30g)
? Salt and pepper to taste
? 1 clove garlic
? Semolina as needed
? Breadcrumbs as needed
? Oil for frying
For the tomato sauce:
? ½ onion
? 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
? ½ teaspoon chili pepper
? 3/4 cup tomato puree (200ml)
? Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preparing the stuffing:
? Chop the garlic and parsley.
? Mix the bread crumbs with the egg, parsley, lemon zest, Pecorino cheese, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Preparing the sardines:
? Fill one sardine fillet with a spoonful of stuffing and cover with another fillet.
? Coat the sardines in semolina, then in beaten egg, and finally in breadcrumbs.
- Cooking the sardines:
? Fry the sardines in a pan with hot oil for 5 minutes on each side, until golden brown.
- Preparing the tomato sauce:
? Sauté the chopped onion with oil and chili pepper.
? Add the tomato puree and cook for 30 minutes.
? Adjust with salt and pepper, then blend the sauce until smooth.
