SICILIAN SARDINE PATTIES

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

Servings 4

•     1.65 lbs. sardines
•     1 egg
•     5 tbsp Parmigiano Reggiano finely grated
•     5 tbsp breadcrumbs or a little more
•     1 tbsp parsley chopped
•     1 tbsp mint chopped (optional)
•     1 tbsp pine nuts
•     1 tbsp raisins or sultanas
•     1 small clove of garlic thinly chopped
•     1 pinch nutmeg
•     Salt to taste

Instructions

1.     Clean and fillet the sardines.
2.     Put all the ingredients into a bowl, add the cleaned sardines and mix well with your hands, just as if you were making meatballs. You may need to add a little extra breadcrumbs. The mixture has to feel like a meatball mixture.
3.     Make patties the size of a lime, coat them in flour and shallow fry them on both sides until they become golden brown.

   Serve warm.