Sardines pate

Saturday 30 January 2010

When I lived in Portugal I loved the little tuna and sardine pates that were served with a bunch of olives and a basket of bread as soon as you sat in a restaurant. I've been trying to find a good recipe and this one is pretty close to what I used to eat there. I think it tastes different in England because of the quality of the sardines that we find here (not as good as portuguese ones).

serves 4
1 can of sardines (in oil)
2 boiled eggs, peeled
1 tbspoon of softened butter
3 tbspoons of finnely chopped parsley
1 pinch of paprika
1 small onion, finnely chopped
sweet mustard (as much as you like)
piri-piri sauce

Drain the sardines, chopp the eggs and put them in a bowl. With a fork, shred the sardines with the eggs, butter, onion, parsley, paprika, mustard and a few drops of piri-piri.
Put it all in a food mixer and let it chopp it all until you obtain a thick cream (not liquid) - check the pic. Put it in serving bowls and cover with plastic film. Leave it in the fridge until it's time to serve. Serve it with bread, toasts, olives and cucumber pickles.
Original recipe and picture: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kSv05jSv-xg/Rp-n5JmmC0I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/-qp_PDcASc0/s400/pate-sardinha.jpg

1 comments:

heguiberto said...

Your pate looks divine. I love sardines, fresh or canned. I cooked some fresh last night. They came from Monterrey bay here in california extra yummy. Plus sardines are good for you they have lots of omega 3.
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers

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