Baked Sardines in White Wine Tomato Sauce with Garlicky Baguette Crostini.

Sardines are sustainably caught with a mild flavor and they are a great way to eat lower on the food chain. Sardines are considered a Superfood as they are low in calories and high in nutrients such as Calcium, Vitamin D, B12, Iron, Omega-3 fatty acids and more!

2 cans @wildplanetfoods Wild Sardines (lightly smoked) in extra virgin olive oil

8 oz cherry/grape tomatoes

1/4 red onion, thinly sliced

1/4 cup Kalamata olives

1 tbs capers

10 garlic confit cloves

3 tbs garlic confit oil

1/4 cup white wine

1/2 tsp Italian seasoning

1/2 lemon, juiced+ zested

1 tbs parsley, for serving

For the garlic confit: (note: you won’t use it all for one recipe)

2 garlic heads

1/2 cup olive oil

1/2 tsp salt

2 thyme sprigs

1 rosemary spring

A scrunch of black pepper

Baguette crostini

1 Demi Baguette

2 tbs olive oil

1 tsp salt

Black pepper

1 garlic clove, for rubbing

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F;

2. Peel and add garlic cloves to a small pot, along with olive oil, salt, pepper, thyme and rosemary; roast for about an hour and a half; (you can prepare this ahead of time and cook garlic confit along another meal on the oven);

3. Preheat oven to 450;

4. Add tomatoes, red onion, Kalamata olives, capers, garlic confit, garlic oil, white wine, Italian season, lemon zest + juice to a skillet/pan and roast for about 20 minutes; then add sardines on top on broil for about 5 minutes;

5. Season baguette crostini with olive oil, salt and pepper and toast on a pan or a griddle; then rub with a garlic clove;

6. Serve atop crostini or simply dip in and enjoy, the sauce is so full of flavor!