Spinach Stuffed Sardines

Name: Spinach Stuffed Sardines
Ingredients: olive oil; 10 cups spinach cleaned and drained; 1 pinch salt; 4 sun dried tomatoes diced; 3 garlic cloves diced; 1 slice white sandwich bread toasted and ground; 1 teaspoon chili powder optional; 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated; 1 egg lightly beaten; ground black pepper; 1 3/4 pounds sardine fillets ; spineless, finless, and headless; pine nuts

12 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

olive oil
10 cups spinach cleaned and drained
1 pinch salt
4 sun dried tomatoes diced
3 garlic cloves diced
1 slice white sandwich bread toasted and ground
1 teaspoon chili powder optional
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
1 egg lightly beaten
ground black pepper
1 3/4 pounds sardine fillets ; spineless, finless, and headless
pine nuts

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
2

Oil a baking tray.
3

Heat a drizzle of oil in a deep skillet and saute the spinach until wilted. Add salt, stir, and drain into a colander.
4

Chop the spinach and place in a bowl with the sun dried tomatoes, garlic, bread crumbs, chili powder (optional), 50 gr. Parmesan cheese, and egg. Salt and pepper to taste and mix everything well.
5

Stuff the sardines with this mixture and add them to the baking tray. Sprinkle them with the rest of the Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, and a drizzle of olive oil.
6

Bake 15 minutes or until the fish skin turns translucent.