Did you buy far too much Sardines? Did you see their silver skin shinning on the fishmonger's desk and thought... MMmmm I could have them grilled this Saturday and invite the family over... but then the weather turns rainy and stormy and you change your plans. It's a perfect situation for a Pickle!Preparing a Pickle or Escabeche (that's how we call it here) it's one of the easiest things to do and you can use the sardines in a pickle in so many different ways afterwards. For example: In a sandwich or bocadillo (bocata is the popular word); to do some Montaditos (see picture hereunder) with layers of different ingredients; as part of a salad with pasta, sardine, lettuce, blah.
There's many different ways to perform a pickle, feel free to add other ingredients.
Ingredients for 4 servings: 16 fresh sardines, oil to fry them, flour and salt. 6 garlic cloves, 200 ml. of white wine vinegar, 100 ml of water, 1 bay leaf, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 1 tablespoon of sweet red paprika, 1 thyme branch.
- Clean the sardines under tap water taking their head and guts away. Let them dry a bit.
- Heat some olive oil in a sauce pan.
- Coat the sardines in flour and fry when the oil is hot. When done place over kitchen paper to leave there the excess of oil. Place the sardines in a glass recipient.
- Don't take the skin off the garlics, just smash them with a plain knife and fry in the same sauce pan with the same oil, add the bay leaf, the pepper and the thyme branch.
- When the garlic starts to get some colour, take the sauce pan out of the heat and add the paprika. Stir so that it doesn't burn. Add also the vinegar and the water (careful it can splash you). Stir and put back over the heat. When it starts boiling pour it over the sardines we had in the glass recipient. Make sure the pickle covers them.
- Let it cool down and when cold place in the fridge.
- They can stay there for days :D
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