Roasted Sardines with Aioli

On December 02, 2006 in Different Dinner Project, Recipes

12 sardines
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 egg yolks
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt and pepper

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  2. Rub sardines with some of the olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  3. Place sardines on a baking tray and put the oven, roasting until eyes turn opaque, about 5 or 6 minutes. Remove from oven.
  4. Meanwhile, combine garlic, egg yolks and lemon juice in a blender. Slowly add the olive oil until you have a thick mayonnaise. You may not need all of the olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  5. Serve sardines hot with a tablespoon or two of the aioli.

Makes 4 servings

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razz

Now I remember why this looked so familiar. One of the cooks on Top Chef cooked thhis for one of the quickfire challenges. He did well with it!

10:40am on Thursday, December 14, 2006
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ken_sloan

Oh, really? I don’t remember that. Or maybe I do and that’s why I made it. I’m not sure. I think it’s a classic combo.

4:28pm on Thursday, December 14, 2006

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