Sardine Toast
This beyond-easy recipe is healthy snack or light meal you can make with jars and cans foraged from your pantry. Feel free to swap what you have on-hand–you can even leave off the tomatoes and cucumbers if you're completely out of produce. Just make sure to add plenty of lemony, pickled flavor for balance (see "swaps and subs" above for suggestions).
Servings: 4 toasts
Ingredients
- 1 (6 to 7 ounce) can oil-packed sardines, drained (skinless, boneless if you’d like, see note)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh dill
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper, or red pepper flakes
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil, a bold and peppery option like Early Harvest Greek EVOO works well here.
- 4 large slices rustic whole grain or sourdough bread
- 1 large tomato, thinly sliced into rounds
- 2 Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced into rounds
- Chermoula Recipe, or try our Villa Jerada Chermoula, for serving (optional)
- Pickled red onions Recipe,
Instructions
- Make the sardine mixture. In a small bowl, use a fork to break up the sardines into large pieces. Add the dill, Aleppo pepper, lemon zest and juice, and a big pinch of salt and pepper. Add a small drizzle of olive oil and toss to combine.
- Toast the bread. Brush each slice with olive oil on both sides, then arrange on a baking sheet. Turn your oven to broil and add the bread to the center rack. Watch closely, turning over with a pair of tongs, until the bread is crispy and charred on the edges. Remove from the oven.
- Make the sardine toast. If you are using chermoula, go ahead and spread it on the toast then arrange the tomato slices and cucumbers over the toasted whole grain bread. Add the sardine mixture on top. Finish with a few pickled red onions.
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Notes
- Can you eat sardine bones? Yes! They’re so soft and tiny you likely won’t even notice them, and they’re actually a good source of calcium–per 100 grams, bone on sardines have 382 mg calcium, compared to 145 mg for boneless skinless sardines. But if that's not something you love, by all means buy the boneless/skinless option.
- Visit our shop to browse quality Mediterranean ingredients including olive oils, honey, jams, and spices.
Nutrition
Calories: 96.9kcal | Carbohydrates: 17.1g | Protein: 5.1g | Fat: 1.6g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 4.3mg | Sodium: 143.7mg | Potassium: 259.8mg | Fiber: 3.1g | Sugar: 3.2g | Vitamin A: 596.4IU | Vitamin C: 21.8mg | Calcium: 78.6mg | Iron: 1.4mg
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