Table for TwoSardinhas Assadas
Portugal's summer smell: whole sardines grilled with coarse salt, served with boiled potatoes, salad and lemon.
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⏱ 30 min📶 Easy👫 Serves 2☪ Muslim-friendly
Ingredients (for 2)
- Whole sardines, 8–10, gutted
- Coarse sea salt
- Small potatoes, 500 g
- Tomatoes, cucumber & lettuce, for salad
- Olive oil & vinegar
- Lemon, 1
- Bread, to serve
Steps
- Salt the sardines generously and leave them 15 minutes; boil the potatoes meanwhile.
- Heat a grill, grill pan or barbecue until very hot.
- Grill the sardines 3–4 minutes per side until charred and cooked through.
- Serve with potatoes dressed in olive oil, a simple salad and lemon — eat them on a slice of bread, Portuguese-style.
Cook it together: One of you runs the grill, the other makes the salad and potatoes — eat outside if you can.
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