Fried sardines

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 12 m.-sized sardines
• 1 cup flour
• e.g. sea salt
• n. B. Pepper, black
• 2 tsp, heaped parsley, large-leaf, chopped
• 1 medium-sized lemon(s)
• 1 medium-sized garlic clove(s)
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• e.g. sea salt
• n. B. Pfeffer
• Oil, suitable for deep-frying (e.g. rapeseed oil or refined olive oil)

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Tapa or main course

Remove the heads from the scaled sardines, cut open the underside, gut them, wash them and open the sardines. For the marinade, mix the above ingredients, pour them onto the fish and let them marinate for around 20 minutes. Remove the fish from the marinade. Season the flour with salt and pepper. Coat the fish in flour and shake off any excess flour. Heat oil suitable for deep-frying and fry the sardines until golden brown. 3-5 minutes should be sufficient. Serve with baguette, salad and, if desired, a dip. Tip: The frying oil is hot enough when bubbles form on a piece of wood (e.g. a toothpick or wooden spoon) when dipped in. Do not fry the fish at too high a temperature or for too long! Refined rapeseed or olive oil, for example, is suitable as frying oil.