Sardines marinated in mustard and ouzo

Source : Clean The Sardines Thoroughly Gut Them And Wash Them Extremely Well If You Like Remove The Head I Leave It Because This Way It Is More Tasty And Bec...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : December 22, 2025

Step:

  1. Clean the sardines thoroughly, gut them and wash them extremely well. If you like, remove the head. I leave it because this way it is more tasty and because they get crispy they taste very nice.

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  2. Strain them as best as you can and place them in a bowl!

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  3. Place all the ingredients of the marinade in a bowl and mix very well so that they combine.

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  4. Cover the sardines with the marinade and then with cling film!

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  5. Place in the fridge for 2 hours to marinate!

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  6. Preheat the oven using the lower heating element and the fan at 180°C.

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  7. Move the sardines onto the greaseproof paper

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  8. And bake for 30 minutes which will allow them to get nice and crispy on the outside and very soft and juicy on the inside.

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Ingredients

  1. 1/2 kg fresh sardines
  2. For the marinade
  3. 1/2 cup olive oil
  4. 1/4 cup ouzo
  5. 2 tbsp mustard (hot)
  6. 2 tsp garlic paste (boiled and mashed garlic in olive oil) or 2 cloves of garlic chopped extremely fine
  7. 1 tsp smoked paprika
  8. fleur de sel (flower of salt) or ground coarse salt
  9. 1 little bit of boukovo (hot paprika flakes)
  10. thyme
  11. rosemary

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