Sardines stuffed with orange slices & bay leaves

Sardines stuffed with orange slices & bay leaves

A really fragrant way to sass up your sardines on the barbie - if it's raining, just pop under the grill

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 mins

Method

  1. Stuff the sardines with 2 or 3 slices of orange, a bay leaf and season well. Rub with a little oil and dust with paprika.
  2. Heat the barbecue. Cook the sardines for a few minutes on each side (about 2 minutes for small ones and 4 for large ones). Check they are cooked by pulling the back fin - when they are ready it will come out easily. Squeeze over some orange juice. Dress the cucumber with the remaining orange juice, some sea salt and black pepper, and serve with the sardines.
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Raining?

Cook the sardines on a rack under a hot grill for a few minutes each side.

Per serving

179 kcalories, protein 19.3g, carbohydrate 5.1g, fat 9.2 g, saturated fat 12.8g, fibre 6.5g, salt 4.4 g

Recipe from olive magazine, June 2005.

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  • 08 October 2008

    Caraline rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious and very flavoursome addition to tasty sardines. Good old British weather meant we cooked them under the grill - but no matter, they tasted great!

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  • 29 August 2009

    Elena rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was the first time I ever cooked sardines and they had a lovely flavour! Excellent recipe, the flavours worked well together. Served with greek style spinach rice which was delicious. Even my toddler loved it!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 4 large sardines or 8 small, scaled and gutted
  • 2 oranges , 1 thinly sliced and slices halved, and 1 juiced
  • 4 bay leaves or 8, depending on the number of fish
  • olive oil
  • paprika , hot or sweet, to dust
  • ½ cucumber , peeled and cut into chunks
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Per serving

179 kcalories, protein 19.3g, carbohydrate 5.1g, fat 9.2 g, saturated fat 12.8g, fibre 6.5g, salt 4.4 g

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