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Webmaster October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 0 Comments flour, onions, pine nuts, raisins, sardines, sugar, vinegar

Sardines in Saor

Sardines in saor are a typical Venetian recipe. Saor in Venetian means “flavor” and in fact this very tasty recipe consists of whole sardines marinated in a delicious sweet and sour sauce based on onions flavored with raisins and pine nuts. An ancient traditional dish of the Serenissima, it is traditionally prepared for the Feast of the Redeemer, the third Sunday of July. The strong flavor of the sardines is mitigated and enriched by the sweet and sour effect of the onions and raisins (sweet) with the wine vinegar (sour).

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Webmaster October 29, 2023 0 Comments anchovy fillets, black olives, capers, lemon, parsley, pine nuts, raisins, sardines

Beccafico Sardines

Beccafico sardines are a typical Sicilian recipe. Their name derives precisely from the fact that their shape must resemble the beccafico, a small bird that was hunted and consumed by Sicilian nobles. These birds were cooked whole including the entrails and placed next to each other. Popular wisdom in its daily poverty has been able to imitate the shape of these birds by wrapping the sardines in a roll and opening the tail of the sardines like the tail of a bird and filling the inside with pine nuts, breadcrumbs and other things to enrich their internal consistency. Today this dish, which has remained unchanged over time, has had great success and the sardines are prepared both fried and baked.