Toasted bread with grilled sardines

When this time of year arrives, we eat a lot of this grilled sardine toast at home.

Ingredients · Servings 4

Method · 35 min

Remove the heads, guts, and central bone from the sardines and separate the two fillets. Add a little salt—read the tips—
If you don't have homemade fried tomato sauce, now's the time to make it: you have the recipe here.
Peel and slice the onion into fairly thin rounds. Heat olive oil in a frying pan. When it's hot, add the onion, a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar, and let it caramelize. You'll know it's ready when it's soft and has turned a light golden brown. Remove the onion to a colander to drain well.
Wash the peppers, slice them into rounds about a finger's width thick, and remove the stem and seeds. Fry them—I do it in the oil I used to fry the onions. Cover them so they cook faster with the steam.
Put a non-stick frying pan on the heat and add a drizzle of oil. When it's hot, grill the sardines: just sear them for a few seconds on each side.
Toast the bread slices. Place the warm tomato sauce on the bottom, then the caramelized onion, and top with the sardines and pepper. Serve immediately.

Recipe for grilled sardine toast

Remove the head, guts, and central bone from the sardines and separate the two fillets. Add a little salt —read the tips—.