Small fish recipes

Little fish – sardines, mullet, garfish – not only cook in a flash, they offer just as much flavour as the big guys. Yes it’s true, good things come in small packages.

Ben Dearnley

Little fish – sardines, mullet, garfish – not only cook in a flash, they offer just as much flavour as the big guys. Yes it’s true, good things come in small packages.

Garfish with potato and caper salad and quick pickled cucumber

Garfish with potato and caper salad and quick pickled cucumber

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Crisp chilli whitebait and green mango salad

Crisp chilli whitebait and green mango salad

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Soused sardines on toast

Soused sardines on toast

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Baked red mullet sandwiches with pea and fennel salad

Baked red mullet sandwiches with pea and fennel salad

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Baby whitebait fritters with rosemary and anchovy dipping sauce

Baby whitebait fritters with rosemary and anchovy dipping sauce

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Char-grilled vine-leaf sardines with brown rice, pine nuts and barberries

Char-grilled vine-leaf sardines with brown rice, pine nuts and barberries

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Smoked paprika mackerel with gazpacho salad

Smoked paprika mackerel with gazpacho salad

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