Sardines Stuffed with Spinach

Ingredients:

-18 fresh sardines
-1.5 kg of spinach
-1 onion
-2 cloves garlic
-2 tablespoons white breadcrumbs soup
-8 tablespoons olive oil
-Grated nutmeg
-Salt pepper 

Preparation: 

1- Cut the head, tail and fins sardines using scissors, then empty the fish, rinse, flatten them by opening and pull in the backbone. 

2- Cut the stems of the spinach by removing damaged leaves.  Wash them by water and drain thoroughly. Peel the onion and chop the garlic menu.Éplucher.  Roast the breadcrumbs in a nonstick skillet, then remove from heat.  Heat the oven to 200 ° C, thermostat

3- 6. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a Dutch oven and let it melt spinach mixing for a few minutes with a spatula.  Drain in a colander then crushing them with the back of a spoon and chop finely on a board and the 2 cloves of garlic.

4- Heat 4 more tablespoons oil in a pan and fry the onion until golden.  Add spinach and garlic and season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper and mix well.  Roll out two-thirds of the mixture into the bottom of a baking dish. 

5. Spread 1 sardine on a cutting board covered with absorbent paper, with the skin towards the bottom, and place 1 tablespoon of the spinach mixture on top.  Roll the fish tight from the side of the head. Stuff the other sardines in the same way and place them on a bed of spinach with the seam towards the bottom.  Sprinkle them again with breadcrumbs and drizzle with remaining oil. Cook for 20 minutes in the oven and serve immediately in the baking dish.