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Spicy sardine with mint and basil pesto

Serves 1

Ingredients

  • 1 fresh sardine, gutted, cleaned and scaled
  • ½ courgette, cut into matchsticks
  • ½ carrot, cut into matchsticks
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 tbsp mint
  • 1 tbsp basil
  • 5 kalamata olives, pitted
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • Glug of olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic
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Method

  1. Coat the filleted sardine in the fennel seeds and paprika and place skin side down in a hot pan with a little olive oil for 5 minutes, turning once.
  2. Place the vegetable matchsticks and olives in a bowl with the lemon juice and season. Leave to marinate for 5 minutes.
  3. In a food processor, blitz together the mint and basil with a glug of olive oil.
  4. Serve the sardine with the marinated vegetable matchsticks and drizzle over the mint and basil pesto.
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