Grilled Sardines with Potatoes and Salad

Ingredients

Quantities are for one portion.

• 1lemon, cut into wedges
• 10 mlolive oil
• 1onion, thinly sliced
• 50 glettuce leaves
• 150 gpotatoes, unpeeled
• 0.5tomato, sliced
• coarse salt to taste
• 150 gwhole sardines, cleaned
• 10 gfresh parsley, chopped

Method

1. Boil the unpeeled potatoes in salted water until a knife pierces them easily. Keep them warm.
2. Coat the whole sardines in coarse salt and let them sit for a few minutes.
3. Heat an outdoor grill or a heavy grill pan over high heat. Arrange the sardines flat.
4. Grill the sardines without moving them until the skin is blistered and charred, then flip carefully and char the other side until fully cooked.
5. Prepare a simple side salad by tossing the lettuce, sliced tomato, thinly sliced onion, and chopped parsley together.
6. Drizzle the boiled potatoes and the salad with the olive oil.
7. Serve the charred, salty sardines alongside the hot potatoes, fresh salad, and a wedge of lemon.