Espetos de Sardinas

Name: Espetos de Sardinas
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 12 fresh sardines, cleaned; Coarse sea salt; Lemon wedges, for serving; Wooden skewers

Espetos de Sardinas/es-PEH-tohs deh sar-DEE-nahs/

Also known as: Grilled Skewered Sardines

About this dish

Fresh sardines skewered and grilled over an open wood fire, a beachside specialty of Málaga.

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Ingredients

🐟12 fresh sardines, cleaned

🧂Coarse sea salt

🍋Lemon wedges, for serving

🪵Wooden skewers

Method

Serves 3

Thread the whole sardines lengthwise onto wooden skewers.

Season generously with coarse sea salt.

Push the skewers into sand or a stand near an open wood fire.

Grill until the skin is crisp and the flesh is cooked through.

Serve hot with lemon wedges.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Espetos de sardinas is a specialty of Málaga's coast, traditionally grilled over wood embers on boats filled with sand.

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