Egg And Sardine Canapes Recipe

Ingredients for Egg And Sardine Canapes Recipe

• 6 hard-cooked eggs, yolks separated from whites

• 12 sardines, boned and skinned

• Salt and cayenne pepper to taste

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste

• 6 croutes of bread

• Butter

Instructions

1. Finely chop the egg whites.
2. Rub the egg yolks through a sieve.
3. Combine sardines with a little oil from the can with half the sifted yolks; mix to a paste and season with salt, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.
4. Cut thin slices of bread into small rounds with a biscuit cutter; saute in butter until light brown on both sides.
5. When cool, spread with the sardine paste, decorate the edges with the chopped whites, and sprinkle the remaining sifted yolks in the center of each round.