José Gourmet Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- One 120g easy-open tin of Portuguese sardines in extra virgin olive oil, about 85g of fish once drained
- Lift them out onto hot toast, crush lightly with a fork and finish with black pepper and a squeeze of lemon
- A proper lunch for one, or flaked through a tomato and onion salad for two
Sardines in extra virgin olive oil are the tin every other tin in the range is measured against. Nothing in it but sardines, extra virgin olive oil and a little salt, packed in Portugal by José Gourmet. The French take tins like this seriously enough to date them by year and leave them in the cupboard to mellow, on the principle that the oil keeps working on the fish. You needn't go that far, but this one keeps for years, so you could.
It is also the plainest tin we sell, with no sauce to hide behind, which is rather the point. If the fish weren't good, you'd know. (Lemon if you have one; bread regardless.) Don't throw away the oil: it's extra virgin, it now tastes of sardine, and it makes the best dressing in the house for a potato salad.
Each tin carries 18.7g of protein, and sardines are among the best sources of omega-3 you can buy. Our customers rate us 4.7 from more than 25,000 reviews, and the tinned fish shelf is where many of them start.
If you'd rather cook your own, our Whole Cornish MSC Sardines are the barbecue kind.
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- One 120g easy-open tin of Portuguese sardines in extra virgin olive oil, about 85g of fish once drained
- Lift them out onto hot toast, crush lightly with a fork and finish with black pepper and a squeeze of lemon
- A proper lunch for one, or flaked...
- One 120g easy-open tin of Portuguese sardines in extra virgin olive oil, about 85g of fish once drained
- Lift them out onto hot toast, crush lightly with a fork and finish with black pepper and a squeeze of lemon
- A proper lunch for one, or flaked through a tomato and onion salad for two
Sardines in extra virgin olive oil are the tin every other tin in the range is measured against. Nothing in it but sardines, extra virgin olive oil and a little salt, packed in Portugal by José Gourmet. The French take tins like this seriously enough to date them by year and leave them in the cupboard to mellow, on the principle that the oil keeps working on the fish. You needn't go that far, but this one keeps for years, so you could.
It is also the plainest tin we sell, with no sauce to hide behind, which is rather the point. If the fish weren't good, you'd know. (Lemon if you have one; bread regardless.) Don't throw away the oil: it's extra virgin, it now tastes of sardine, and it makes the best dressing in the house for a potato salad.
Each tin carries 18.7g of protein, and sardines are among the best sources of omega-3 you can buy. Our customers rate us 4.7 from more than 25,000 reviews, and the tinned fish shelf is where many of them start.
If you'd rather cook your own, our Whole Cornish MSC Sardines are the barbecue kind.
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