Grilled Sardines

A couple of years ago we took a vacation in Lisbon. We had a great time, and loved the food. Especially the grilled sardines. We hadn't really thought about them for a while, but Doreen bought me a cookbook for my birthday, which had a nod (not really a recipe, since the recipe is pretty much "Take sardines. Grill until done" - honestly a little more than that as you can see below, but that is not the point) to grilled sardines.

Then, yesterday, when we were at Whole Foods getting meat for our terrine (but that is another story) we noticed that the fish counter had fresh sardines! They were pretty cheap - about $7/lb or so. We bought four of them for dinner. (That was just about a pound of fish) We had them clean the little fellows for us, and then went home to our chores.

The terrine was more complicated than we had though, so we had time to think about the sardines.

We also got some vegetables for grilling (nothing better than grilled vegetables) and did a quick Google search on grilling sardines.

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These purple potatoes were a gift from the Dairy Maids:

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Most recipes said to let the fish sit in coarse sale for an hour or so:

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They sat in the salt for about an hour, then we rinsed and oiled them:

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Sadly, it started to pour down rain before I started grilling:

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But that did not stop us. We grilled the vegetables and the fish:

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And then we ate them:

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They were delicious!

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(note the pink wine and the cats. They really wanted those fish!)