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Grape Leave Wrapped Sardines

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Servings: 3 people

Ingredients
  

  • 6 sardines Headless Sardines
  • 6-10 leaves Pickled Grape Leaves - depending on how big the sardines are
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Pepper
  • ΒΌ cup Lemon juice
  • Scallions
  • 1 handful Olives
  • 1 handful Cherry Tomatos

Equipment

  • 1 Griddle

Method
 

  1. Start by washing your sardines under water
  2. Season all sardines with just salt and pepper
  3. Add some lemon juice to your sardine and grape leaf
  4. Roll the fish in the grape leave
  5. Once all are rolled over high heat, grill for 5-7 minutes per side or until 140 internal temp
  6. While those are cooking add your tomatos, olives and scallions to a bowl
  7. Season with salt and pepper. Add some lemon juice or red wine vinegar to taste
  8. Once the sardines are finished pull them off the griddle and unwrap the grape leaves. You can discard the leaves or use as the base to your plate
  9. I choose to use new grape leaves as the base
  10. Add your tomatos and olives to the bowl and then your sardines on top
  11. Enjoy :)