Spanish Tomato and Sardine Salad | Easy 10-Minute Summer Salad Recipe
Spanish Tomato and Sardine Salad is an easy and full-flavored summer salad recipe that takes just 10 minutes to make with no cooking required. This salad is loaded with Mediterranean flavors with plump juicy heirloom tomatoes, sharp red onion, tangy capers, and delicious oily sardine fillets.
Equipment
- Sharp knife and cutting board
- Mortar and pestle
- Large Serving platter
- Salad serving spoons
Ingredients
- 3 tomatoes Ripe Heirloom or Roma are ideal
- 1 small red onion
- 1 can Sardines in Olive oil
- 1-2 tablespoons capers
- 2 cloves garlic
- Handful of freshly chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp Jerez Sherry Vinegar
- A pinch of Sea Salt and black pepper to taste
- Splash of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Instructions
Step 1 - Prepare Dressing
- Note: prepare the dressing first so the ingredients have time to meld
- Roughly chop the garlic and add into a mortar along with the fresh chopped parsley.2 cloves garlic, Handful of freshly chopped parsley
- Season lightly with a pinch of salt.A pinch of Sea Salt and black pepper
- Add in 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp of the Jerez sherry vinegar (you can use the oil from the sardines for this step).Splash of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1 tbsp Jerez Sherry Vinegar
- Pound ingredients until a paste forms.
- Continue to mix together until you have well-mixed the ingredients (aim for a similar consistency to a pesto).
Step 2 - Prepare Salad
- Cut the tomatoes in rounds around 1/8th inch (0.5cm) thick. Arrange onto a serving platter.3 tomatoes
- Finely slice the red onion and break the slices apart, sprinkle over the tomatoes.1 small red onion
- Carefully remove the sardines from the can and remove any bones from the fillets. Arrange the fillets over the tomatoes and onion.1 can Sardines in Olive oil
- Sprinkle the capers around the platter.1-2 tablespoons capers
Step 3 - Add Dressing and Serve
- Drizzle with the salad dressing and season to taste with salt and freshly cracked black pepper and serve immediately.
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Notes
Cooking Tips:
- Use canned sardines preserved in Olive oil (ideally extra virgin olive oil).
- Any tomato variety can be used for this recipe, just ensure they are ripe and flavorful. See the notes before on some recommended tomato varieties.