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🍽️ Crispy Sardines with Fresh Tomato and Egg Dressing

327 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 24 fresh sardines (kitchen-ready, headless and deboned)
• 1 radicchio
• flour (for dusting)
• 8 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 3 tomatoes
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 pinch sugar
• 2 tbsp freshly chopped basil

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the sardines thoroughly under cold, running water.
2. 2. Pat the fish dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Remove the hard core from the radicchio.
4. 4. Slice the radicchio into approximately 1 cm thick slices.
5. 5. Coat the sardines in flour so they are lightly covered.
6. 6. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan.
7. 7. Fry the sardines for about 3 minutes on each side until golden brown.
8. 8. Season the fish with salt and pepper.
9. 9. Remove the sardines from the pan.
10. 10. Let them drain on kitchen paper.
11. 11. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes briefly.
12. 12. Shock the tomatoes immediately with cold water.
13. 13. Peel the skin off the tomatoes.
14. 14. Quarter the tomatoes and remove the core.
15. 15. Dice the tomatoes finely.
16. 16. Boil the eggs until hard-boiled.
17. 17. Shock the boiled eggs with cold water.
18. 18. Peel the eggs.
19. 19. Finely chop the eggs.
20. 20. Mix the chopped eggs with the remaining olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
21. 21. Fold in the diced tomatoes into the egg mixture.
22. 22. Season the dressing with salt, sugar, and pepper.
23. 23. Distribute the radicchio onto the plates.
24. 24. Place the sardines on top of the radicchio.
25. 25. Drizzle the dish with the tomato and egg vinaigrette.
26. 26. Sprinkle everything with fresh basil.
27. 27. Serve the sardines lukewarm or cold.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 327
• Protein: 17 g · Fett/Fat: 26 g · Carbs: 8 g