Boquerones en vinagre is a Spanish recipe for recent anchovies marinated in vinegar, olive oil, parsley, and garlic. It’s usually served as tapas in Spain. A really related preparation is the Italian alici marinate, with the primary distinction that Italians usually add recent lemon juice to the marinade. The issue with making this recipe is that you just want recent anchovies for this, whereas anchovies in lots of locations on the earth are solely out there already salted/cured or marinated. One other difficulty is that if you will discover anchovies, it’s lots of work to scrub them. I discovered an answer for that: sardines have a really related taste, and frozen sardines are available. Cleansing sardines continues to be a little bit of a chore, however because the fish are larger it’s a lot much less work. In case you slice the sardines into strips of the scale of anchovies, it’s arduous to inform the distinction. And if recent anchovies usually are not out there in any respect, this can be your solely possibility.
Components
- 180 grams of sardine fillets, from 4 to five sardines
- 150 ml white wine vinegar
- 50 ml additional virgin olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 Tbsp minced flat leaf parsley
- 1/2 tsp desk salt
- freshly floor black pepper
Directions
Begin by cleansing the sardines. Take away the scales and don’t flush them down the drain, as they are going to clog the drain. Reduce off the pinnacle, make a slit from the anus in the direction of the the place the pinnacle was, and take away the entrails. Now you possibly can take away the bones together with your fingers. Trim away the bones from the dorsal advantageous and from the stomach. Rinse the fillets with chilly working water, and pat them dry with paper towels.
Slice the sardine fillets into strips of in regards to the measurement of anchovy fillets.
Put the sardines in a bowl and add the opposite elements.
Stir till the whole lot is blended properly. Cowl and refrigerate for at the least an hour. The fish can be ‘cooked’ within the vinegar, similar to ceviche. It’s also possible to enable them to marinate for for much longer; they are going to hold for fairly a while within the fridge.
