Soused Fresh Sardine Salad

Ingredients

  • 8 fresh sardines, cleaned, scaled and heads removed 1 small lemon, cut into 8 thin slices and each slice halved
  • 250 g (8½ oz) couscous
  • 1½ tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • pinch of cayenne pepper
  • 1½ tsp butter
  • 600 ml (1 pint) boiling water
  • 1 can chickpeas, about 410 g, drained and rinsed
  • 4 spring onions, finely chopped
  • 2 large peppers (1 red and 1 yellow), seeded and finely diced
  • 1 large courgette, grated
  • 140 g (5 oz) baby spinach leaves
  • fresh flat-leaf parsley to garnish
  • salt and pepper
  • Marinade
  • finely grated zest of 1 large lemon
  • 4 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp garlic-flavoured olive oil
  • 1 fresh red or green chilli, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 shallot, finely chopped
  • 6 black peppercorns, lightly cracked
  • 1 bay leaf

Description

Cooking Fish – Traditionally By Frying – And Then Submerging It In A ‘souse’ Is A Very Tasty Way To Prepare It, And Was Once A Means Of Preserving. Here Sardines Are Grilled And Marinated, Then Served On A Moroccan-spiced Couscous, Chickpea And Pe

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