Sardine fillets, butter bean purée and a Sicilian-style pan sauce

Name: Sardine fillets, butter bean purée and a Sicilian-style pan sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 11 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 250g sardine fillets; 1 tbsp flour; 1 400g tin of butter beans; 1 tsp tahini; 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped; 3 salted anchovy fillets, finely chopped; 1 tbsp capers, roughly chopped; 1 lemon, zest and juice; 2 tbsp black olives, pitted and roughly chopped; 10 grams parsley, chopped; 3 tbsp olive oil

4 steps

Prep:5minCook:6min

Crisp sardines, silky butter bean purée and a pan sauce of garlic, anchovy, caper, chilli, olives, lemon and lashings of olive oil.

Updated at: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:55:38 GMT

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Ingredients

2 servings

250gsardine fillets

1 Tbspflour

1 x 400gtin of butter beans

1 tsptahini

4 clovesgarlic

finely chopped

3salted anchovy fillets

1 Tbspcapers

2 Tbspblack olives

pitted and roughly chopped

10 gramsparsley

chopped

3 Tbspolive oil

Instructions

Step 1

Dust the skin side of the sardine fillets in the flour and fry in the olive oil for 2-3 minutes on the skin side until crisp and finish for just a minute on the other side.

Step 2

Meanwhile, blend the butter beans and tahini in a blender with some salt and pepper then heat through in a pan or in the microwave. Split between two wide serving bowls or plates.

Step 3

When the fish is cooked, lift it gently from the pan onto the bean purée.

Step 4

While the pan is still hot, add the rest of the ingredients, cook for 30 seconds and drizzle over the fish.