Warm potato salad with sardines

A simple salad from the soil and the sea.

Serves
4
Preparation time
20 minutes
Cooking time
20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 8 sardines, gutted and cleaned
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • juice and finely grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 900g baby pearl potatoes
  • 1 red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 4 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 6 tbsp crème fraîche
  • 1 tbsp creamed horseradish
  • 170g fresh watercress

Method

  1. Remove the heads and backbones of the sardines (see recipe opposite for how to do this) and cut each fish in half to give you 2 fillets. Brush the fillets with 2 tbsp of the olive oil and grill under a moderate heat for 2-3 minutes, turning over half way through, until cooked.
  2. Place in a shallow dish and drizzle with the lemon juice. Scatter over the lemon zest, parsley and seasoning. Put in the fridge while you prepare the rest of the salad.
  3. Bring a pan of lightly salted water to the boil. Cut any large potatoes in half, then cook until tender (about 12 minutes). Drain and allow to cool.
  4. Heat the remaining olive oil in a pan and fry the onion until soft. Toss with the potatoes. Mix together the mayonnaise, crème fraîche and horseradish and stir into the potato and onion mixture. To serve, divide the watercress between 4 serving plates, then top with the potato salad and 4 grilled sardine fillets per plate.

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