Newport Sardine Sandwich Recipes

SARDINE SALAD SANDWICH

Steps:

• Combine the sardines, celery, red onion, mayonnaise, dill, lemon juice, lemon zest, mustard, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste in a large bowl. Mash well with a fork.
• Sandwich the sardine salad between the bread slices along with the lettuce, tomato, cucumber and sprouts.

SPINACH AND SARDINE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat, and add the garlic. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the spinach. Turn up the heat, and wilt the spinach in the water left on the leaves after washing. Season with salt and pepper, and remove from the heat. Drain and press out excess water.
• Lightly toast the English muffin. Spread a little mustard if desired over the bottom half and top with the spinach. Lay the sardine fillets over the spinach, and douse with a little lemon juice. If you have a nice ripe in season tomato, lay over the sardines. Spread the top half of the English muffin with mayonnaise, and top the sandwich. Press down and cut in half, or wrap and refrigerate until ready to eat.

SARDINE SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, sour cream and dillweed; spread on cut sides of focaccia.
• Arrange sardines, capers and onion on cream cheese mixture on 4 pieces of focaccia.
• Top with remaining bread.
• *Focaccia can be toasted in oven if you like and prepare the sandwiches when warm.

OPEN SARDINE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Drain the sardines and mash well in a bowl, add the vinegar and pepper and mix well.
• Divide into half and add to each piece of the toast, cover the top with sliced tomatoes and add some mayonnaise over the tomatoes.

NEWPORT SARDINE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Toast the bread until quite crisp. Mix the mayonnaise and mustard and spread on the toast. Top with onion slices. With a fork, lift sardines from the can and put them on the onions. Then use the fork to lightly mash the sardines to cover the onions.
• With a sharp knife, cut each sandwich on the diagonal into fourths. Top each piece with a tomato slice.
• Try topping the sandwiches with sliced or grated Swiss, Monterey Jack, or Cheddar cheese and pop them under the broiler to melt the cheese.
• A bowl of Tomato Tortilla Soup (page 117) would be perfect with this sandwich.