Sardine toast
Toast thick bread, rub with garlic, lay the fillets on top and finish with a little of the oil from the tin, lemon and black pepper.
Recipes
Recipes with Portuguese sardines
A good tin needs very little. These are the plain, quick ways we eat sardines at home — pick a tin in olive oil for most of them, or a spicy one when you want heat.
Tomato and sardine salad
Ripe tomatoes, red onion, parsley and a tin of sardines in olive oil. Use the tin's oil as the dressing with a splash of vinegar.
Sardine pasta
Warm garlic and chilli in olive oil, add the sardines and break them up, toss with spaghetti, lemon zest and toasted breadcrumbs.
Tapas board
Open two or three different tins — olive oil, tomato, spicy — with bread, olives and pickles. A tasting pack makes this easy.