FRIED SARDINES A great simple dish !

Servings 6

You'll need the following:
- 2 pounds (about 1 kg) of sardines
The filling:
-3.5 oz bread crumbs
-1/2 cup milk
-2 eggs
-2 oz of parmigiano (grated) cheese
-1 oz fresh parsley
-a pinch of oregano
-salt & pepper QB
-Extra virgin olive oil

The Bread Coating:
-2 eggs
-breadcrumbs
-flour (all purpose or 00)

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER:
(you'll need about 30 minutes to prepare and another 10 minutes cooking time)

Get out a good size bowl and mix together (for the filling) the bread, milk, eggs and grated parmigiano, parsley, oregano, oil and salt & pepper.

Wash and clean the sardines but remove the innards, heads, scales or just buy them cleaned, its easier! Then dry them by placing them on a paper towel.

Butterfly the fish and place them on a flat work surface. Spread your filling on each fish ensuring that it sticks well. Close the sardines and dust them in flour, then dip in a bowl of your beaten eggs and cover with breadcrumbs. Its important that you ensure that the breadcrumbs adhere well to the fish.

At this point, its time to fry the fish in oil. Its a good idea that the sardines are completely immersed in the oil when frying.

Serve when they are golden, but its best to place the cook sardines on a paper towel before serving to absorb the extra oil.

ENJOY!