Friday, July 27, 2012

Sardine & European Anchovy (Sardela & Gavros)

Summer without fish is like Christmas without pork (or turkey, whatever you prefer!)
You can find these small beautiful fish throughout Greece startng from Spring and going all the way till end of September.

I love them in particular cause you can eat the whole fish (bones, skin, meat and anything that comes with that)... all in one bite!
Baked Sardines and Anchovies with Olive oil and Lemon served with boiled greens

Ask your fisherman to prepare the fish for you (cut the heads, if you don't want them, and remove the intestine).
Marinate the fish with a good portion of olive oil, a bit of salt, a pinch of pepper and a generous amount of oregano. After 10 minutes spent wisely into the marinade, pour the fish with lemon juice (that's the magic of cooking..if you want it super sour you can add 10lt of lemon juice, otherwise the juice of 2 lemons should be enough).
Lay a piece of baking paper in an oven pan and spread the fish around comfortably and bake for approximately 20 minutes using the grill mode.

Fish is amazingly accompanied with fresh greens (swiss chard or other green-leaf vegetables - vlita, ampelofasoula ki alles prasinades). 
boiled in plenty of water with a pinch of salt.

Enjoy! 

1 comment:

  1. Excellent Geo!!

    Friendly, i suggest to add the amount of each ingredient at the end of each recipe.

    ReplyDelete