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Grilled Butterflied Sardines with Red Onion
Sardines marinated briefly in lemon, olive oil and oregano, grilled in a hinged basket, then buried under paper-thin raw red onion, paprika and parsley. A Thessaloniki meze that is bright, smoky and sharp.
- YieldServes 4
- Hands-on38 min
- Total43 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
Marinade
- 80 mlextra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the grill basket
- 80 mlfresh lemon juice, strained
- 1 tspdried Greek oregano
- to tastesalt
- to tastefreshly ground white pepper
- 450 glarge fresh sardines, gutted and butterflied
To serve
- 2large red onions, sliced into paper-thin rings
- 1 tspsweet paprika, or a mix of sweet and hot
- 3 tbspfresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- 2lemons, cut into 4 wedges each, for garnish
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