Garlic N Lemon Sardines With Asparagus
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 4
These garlicky marinated sardines are fried until crisp and served warm or at room temperature with tender asparagus and creamy mustard butter sauce .
Ingredients
- For the sardines shopping list
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- 16 sardines, cleaned, boned, heads removed shopping list
- 2 lemons, juice only shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
- 4 tbsp olive oil shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed shopping list
- freshly ground black pepper\ shopping list
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- For the asparagus shopping list
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- 4 pats butter shopping list
- 2 tbsp olive oil shopping list
- 16 asparagus spears, trimmed, halved if very thick shopping list
- salt and fresh ground black pepper shopping list
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- For the mustard butter sauce shopping list
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- 1/2 c. double cream shopping list
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard shopping list
- 1/2 lemon, juice only shopping list
- 2 pats butter shopping list
- snipped chives shopping list
- freshly ground salt and black pepper shopping list
How to make it
- For the sardines, split the fish along the belly and open out. Arrange flesh side up in a shallow casserole dish. Pour over the lemon juice, sprinkle with salt and leave to stand for 45 minutes.
- Dry the sardines on absorbent paper and fold back into their original shape. In a large frying pan, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Shallow fry the sardines on a medium heat until crisp - about 2-3 minutes on each side.
- Return the cooked sardines to a clean shallow dish. Mix the olive oil and garlic together and drizzle over the fish. Season with black pepper.
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- For the asparagus, heat the oil and butter in a large shallow pan, and fry the asparagus over a low heat for 2 minutes. Cover the pan and cook for a further 5-7 minutes until the stems are tender. While the asparagus is cooking, make the mustard butter sauce.
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- For the sauce, simmer the cream with the mustard, lemon juice and a grind of salt and pepper for 2-3 minutes. Stir in the butter and chives and season to taste.
- To serve, drizzle the sauce over the asparagus and serve with the sardines.
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Reviewed by 9 people-
You know that if you mention sardines and asparagus I simply have to give you a 5, although you do deserve a 10!
elgab89
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...and this one too. *THUD*
danadooley
in Singapore loved it
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Fresh sardines are a treat this recipe makes them a gourmet delight.
Wonderful mustard butter sauce.
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