I would have never imagined myself opening a can of sardines and eating it. I’m fine with tuna cans, but not sardines. I’m not even acquainted with freshly fried sardines. I have never opened and eaten a can of sardines until I made the video below.

I was commissioned by Happy-Lebanon, the discount store, to create simple and affordable recipes using their private label products and as I was looking through the list, over and over again, thinking what interesting combination I can come up with, I saw the sardines and got inspired by the easy sardine tin recipes I found online.

This sardine salad is mediterranean by excellence, with hints of flavors and textures from around the coast. The use of croutons adds a crunch and the tahini adds a zesty richness to the salad making the recipe admirable and different. Try it yourself

Sardine Salad with Tahini Dressing

Ingredients

1 bunch rocca
4 toasts
5-6 radishes
1 tin sardines
1/2 cup tahini
1/2 cup lemon juice
olive oil
chili flakes
salt

Procedure

Wash and dry the veggies and set aside
Open the sardine tin and drain the oil in a bowl. Cut the toast into chuncks and toss with the oil then set aside
Mix the tahini and lemon with some salt. Add some water to thin out the mix. Whisk until you get a homogeneous dressing. The tahini will break once mixed with another liquid, don’t worry, keep whisking. It’ll come back together
Thinly slice the radishes and set aside
Arrange the rocca leaves in a serving plate, top with the radishes, sardines, and croutons and generously drizzle the tahini dressing, olive oil, and chili flakes and serve