“When you choose fish with the MSC blue label, you can be absolutely sure you are making a sustainable choice to have fish in the future, and we all want that – right?”
(United Kingdom)
Prep time
20 mins
Cooking Time
5 mins
Serves
2
Ingredients
- 1 x 140g can sardines
- Sardine mayonnaise (see ingredients and method below)
- ½ red onion, finely sliced
- 1 tablespoon capers, rinsed and drained
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped curly parsley
- 1 dill pickle, finely sliced
- 2 slices sourdough bread
- Salt and white pepper
Method
- Drain the oil from the can of sardines and use it to make the mayonnaise.
- Put the sardines in a bowl with the onion, capers, parsley and pickle.
- Gently break up the fish but leave nice chunks.
- Season.
- Toast the bread, then heap the sardine mixture on top.
For the Sardine Mayonnaise
- Whisk 1 egg yolk with 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard and 1 tablespoon tomato paste.
- Drain the oil from a 140g can of sardines and slowly drizzle it into the yolk mixture while whisking to build up a nice thick mayonnaise.
- Season and add a splash of Tabasco or other chilli sauce to taste.
Serve the mayo on the side.