tinned sardine recipes

the_skint_minx

Is there any kind of nice meal that can be made with tinned sardines? I am thinking of a pasta dish or maybe some kind of pate?

Just had tinned sardines with butter and capers mushed up and stirred into pasta. Was OK but I'm not sure I'd feed it to anyone else!

sparklymessygirl

Thanks for starting this thread - I have loads of these tins as I keep buying them from Kwiksave as they are so cheap and healthy...but what the hell are you supposed to do with them?? When I stockpile too many I give them to the dogs (good for their coats )

I once made a simple curry from tinned sardines in tomato sauce - not fab but edible

So yes please would love some ideas too

Sparkly

MimiJane

They're great on pizza bases ... I put passata/tinned tomatoes on the bottom, sprinkle chopped sardines next, then mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese and peppers ... yummy!

moggins

Ingredients
2 tomatoes
tin sardines, chopped
1 tsp lemon zest
½ medium red chilli, de-seeded and chopped
1 tsp olive oil




1. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
2. Slice the tops off the tomatoes and scoop out the seeds.
3. In a small bowl, mix together the sardines, lemon zest and chilli.
4. Stuff the tomatoes with the sardine mixture.
5. Place the stuffed tomatoes on a small baking tray and drizzle over the oil.
6. Bake for 4-5 minutes until the tomatoes just begin to soften.

moggins

Ingredients
45g/1½oz tinned sardines
½ garlic clove, roughly chopped
1 tsp snipped fresh chives
110g/4oz Greek yoghurt
1 flour tortilla
freshly ground black pepper
1 pinch of paprika, for serving




Blend together the sardines, garlic and half the chives. Season with plenty of black pepper.


Place a 5cm/2in metal ring on a small serving plate. Spoon half of the yoghurt into the base of the ring, top with the sardine mixture and finish with the remaining yoghurt. Chill until ready to serve.

Preheat a deep-fat fryer or third fill a large saucepan with vegetable oil and heat.

Cut 1 slit half way into the tortilla then deep fry for 2-3 minutes until crisp and golden. Remove with tongs and drain on kitchen paper.

Warm the outside edge of the metal ring then carefully remove.

Serve the stack with the crispy tortilla and sprinkled with the remaining chives and paprika.

moggins

edited because squeaky asked me to

moggins

80z dried linguine

1 x 120g can sardines, drained and flaked
1 tablespoon sardine oil
1 red chili seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon capers
7oz tin chopped tomatoes
a few basil leaves torn
salt and black pepper

Cook the pasta for 8 -12 minutes until Al Dente


Heat the tablespoon of sardine oil in a small frying pan, fry the garlic and chilli for about 4 minutes, until soft, then add the tomatoes, sardines and capers and gently heat them through, stirring occasionally. Taste and season with salt and black pepper.


Toss the pasta in the sauce until well coated and decorate with torn basil leaves.

moggins

1-2 Cans of Sardines In Tomato Sauce
250 ml Water
1 Tblspn Chopped Lemongrass
1 Tblspn Chopped Galangal
1 Tblspn Chopped Bird Chillies
1 Tblspn Fish Sauce
1 Tblspn Lemon Juice
1 Tblspn Chopped Coriander Leaves


1. Boil water in a saucepan.
2. When the water is boiling add the lemon grass and galangal and boil for 1 minute.
3. Add the sardines, fish sauce and bird chillies and bring to the boil. Add the lemon juice and coriander.

moggins

1 tblspn oil
1 oz butter
1 chopped onion
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 crushed garlic clove
half tspn saffron steeped in 4 tblspns hot water
5oz tin sardines
1oz pine nuts
12oz spaghetti

heat the butter and oil in pan, add onion and fry until soft. Add tomatoes, garlic, saffron & water, sardines and pine nuts. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 20 minutes

Cook the spaghetti until tender

Drain the spaghetti and mix with the sauce until the spaghetti is well coated.

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Just in Case:o
Ah the great sardine riddle. My daughters always laugh at me for always having a tin of sardines or pilchards in my store cupboard 'just in case'
It stems back to the days of austerity in the 1940-50s qhen there probably wasn't a Mum in Great Britain that didn't have at least one tin if these stored somewhere 'just in case'.:D
I can never remember either my Mum or even me ever opening a tin but it was always there 'just in case' My eldest always said "Just in case of what exactly?" and I'm not sure even now .
P.S. yes I still have a couple of tins lurking in the cupboards 'Just in case':rotfl:

moggins

Now I've found all these yummy recipes I want to try them and I don't have any I do have some whole ones in the freezer though.