Sardinhas a Setubal / Portuguese Baked Sardines

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 lbs fresh sardines (1 kg, cleaned & scales removed)
• salt
• pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/4 cups tomatoes (peeled, seeded, diced)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 small onion (finely diced)
• 4 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
• 4 tablespoons fresh dill (chopped)
• 1 cup dry white wine

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)

2. 2

   Brush the fish with half of the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

3. 3

   Use the rest of the olive oil to grease a shallow oven dish.

4. 4

   Combine the tomatoes, onion, garlic, parsley, dill, a little more salt, pepper and the wine and spread evenly over the bottom of the oven dish. Place the sardines on top of the tomato mixture and spoon a little of the mixture over the sardines.

5. 5

   Bake until fish is cooked (depends on the size of the sardines) between 10-20 minutes.

6. 6

   Serve immediately.