Marinated Sardines with Strawberry and Cheese Sauces

Preparation

Cover the sardines with salt and leave for 4 hours. Remove the salt, fillet and set aside. Cook the chopped onion in the oil together with the black pepper, clove, thyme and peeled garlic cloves. Add the sardine bones and fry while stirring, then add the vinegar and water and cook for one hour until the desired taste is acquired. Strain, and separate 250g / 1 1/8 cups / 9 fl oz pickle sauce and add a sheet of gelatin.

Make a caramel with the sugar, add the vinegar and cook to form a syrup. When cold, add the chopped strawberries. Cook the ingredients at 80ºC / 175ºF for 20 minutes. Strain, leave to cool and whisk until the consistency of whipped cream.

Spanish recipe: Marinated sardines with strawberry and cheese sauces. Photo by: Toya Legido/©ICEX.

Presentation

To serve, place the sardine pickle jelly on the base of the dish, and surround with a little cream of cheese. Place the strawberries at the center and top with the sardines. Garnish with the dried onion and chopped chives.

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Time

2 hours

  • 4 fresh sardines
  • 300 gr salt
  • A sprinkling of dried onion
  • Chopped chives as a garnish
  • 4 strawberries
  • 50 ml water
  • 50 ml sherry vinegar
  • 100 ml Spanish olive oil
  • 1 tbs sugar
  • 100 ml Spanish extra virgin olive oil
  • 25 gr sherry vinegar
  • 1 onion
  • Bay leaf
  • Black pepper
  • Clove
  • Garlic
  • Thyme
  • Water
  • 1 sheet gelatin
  • 4 fresh sardines
  • 10.582 oz salt
  • A sprinkling of dried onion
  • Chopped chives as a garnish
  • 4 strawberries
  • 1.885 fl. oz water
  • 1.885 fl. oz sherry vinegar
  • 3.645 fl. oz Spanish olive oil
  • 1 tbs sugar
  • 3.645 fl. oz Spanish extra virgin olive oil
  • 0.882 oz sherry vinegar
  • 1 onion
  • Bay leaf
  • Black pepper
  • Clove
  • Garlic
  • Thyme
  • Water
  • 1 sheet gelatin
  • 4 fresh sardines
  • 1.41 cup salt
  • A sprinkling of dried onion
  • Chopped chives as a garnish
  • 4 strawberries
  • 0.211 cup water
  • 0.211 cup sherry vinegar
  • 0.423 cup Spanish olive oil
  • 1 tbs sugar
  • 0.423 cup Spanish extra virgin olive oil
  • 0.145 cup sherry vinegar
  • 1 onion
  • Bay leaf
  • Black pepper
  • Clove
  • Garlic
  • Thyme
  • Water
  • 1 sheet gelatin