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Prep 10 minCook 5 minServes 2
Ingredients
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2 x 90 g tins sardines in water, drained (180 g)
2 thick slices wholegrain bread (90 g)
15 ml lemon juice (15 g)
10 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
100 g cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced
50 ml extra-virgin olive oil (45 g)
8 ml red wine vinegar (8 g)
Ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Toss the tomatoes and cucumber with the vinegar and half the oil and leave them while you do the rest. The tomatoes will slacken and give up juice, which is the dressing.
Toast the bread until it is firm enough to take weight without folding.
Drain the sardines well and tip them into a bowl. Crush them roughly with a fork, bones and all, leaving some pieces whole: the soft bones are what makes tinned sardines worth eating and they disappear entirely into the mash.
Fold through the lemon juice, most of the parsley and a good grind of pepper.
Pile onto the toast, trickle the remaining oil over, scatter with the last of the parsley and serve with the tomato salad and its juices alongside.
Tomorrow
The toast is the part that does not last, not the sardines. Keep the tomato salad and the sardine mixture covered and put them on fresh toast.
Safety and storage
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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Sardines on Toast with Lemon, Parsley and Tomato Salad
Serves 2 · Prep 10 min · Cook 5 min
Tinned sardines crushed onto thick wholegrain toast with lemon and parsley, with a sharp cherry tomato and cucumber salad beside them.
Ingredients
2 x 90 g tins sardines in water, drained (180 g)
2 thick slices wholegrain bread (90 g)
15 ml lemon juice (15 g)
10 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
100 g cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced
50 ml extra-virgin olive oil (45 g)
8 ml red wine vinegar (8 g)
Ground black pepper, to taste
Approximate per serving
2053 kJ / 490.6 kcal · protein 26.1 g · carbohydrate 21.9 g · fibre 5.9 g · fat 31.9 g · sodium 396 mg
Method
Toss the tomatoes and cucumber with the vinegar and half the oil and leave them while you do the rest. The tomatoes will slacken and give up juice, which is the dressing.
Toast the bread until it is firm enough to take weight without folding.
Drain the sardines well and tip them into a bowl. Crush them roughly with a fork, bones and all, leaving some pieces whole: the soft bones are what makes tinned sardines worth eating and they disappear entirely into the mash.
Fold through the lemon juice, most of the parsley and a good grind of pepper.
Pile onto the toast, trickle the remaining oil over, scatter with the last of the parsley and serve with the tomato salad and its juices alongside.
Tomorrow
The toast is the part that does not last, not the sardines. Keep the tomato salad and the sardine mixture covered and put them on fresh toast.
Safety and storage
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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