(NAPSI)—Whether for lunch, dinner or as a party appetizer, sardine
flatbread can do it all. You can go as simple or as fancy as you like with
your toppings. For a special taste sensation, add chopped red onion or
artichoke hearts.
Sardine Flatbread
2-4 servings
1 can King Oscar Skinless &
Boneless Spanish Style Sardines, drained, oil reserved
1 prepared flatbread or pizza
crust, about 12” diameter
8 oz prepared olive tapenade
1 small zucchini, thinly sliced
1 sweet bell pepper, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp sun-dried tomatoes, sliced
or chopped
1 oz Manchego
or Parmesan cheese, shredded
Lemon zest and chopped parsley,
optional
Preheat oven to 400° F. Brush
flatbread with reserved sardine oil, then spread with a thin layer of tapenade. Layer vegetables thinly over flatbread. Top
with chunked sardine fillets. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake assembled flatbread
on a nonstick cooking sheet for 10 minutes. Top with optional lemon zest and
parsley and slice into desired serving sizes. Serve immediately.
Hints
Cut flatbread into smaller sizes and serve as an appetizer. Try with other
sardine varieties for new and different flavors.
This dish is not only delicious, it’s nutritious, too. Consider
this: The U.S. government recently revised its Dietary Guidelines for
Americans to strongly stress the need for increased consumption of seafood.
But which seafood? Concerns about overfishing
and environmental contamination may make people unsure of their seafood
choices, so here are two handy tips to make the choices clearer:
1. Seek sustainable fish: Some
species of fish are in critical decline due to overfishing,
so it’s best to eat fish from healthy, renewable sources such as
sardines, Alaskan salmon, catfish, crab and Atlantic mackerel.
2. Go for wild-caught: Food
producers have reacted to depleted fisheries by “farming”
seafood, either on land in pools or in shoreline pens. While this limits
ocean overfishing, it can lead to other problems,
such as sanitary conditions, environmental hazards and crossbreeding with
native species. Wild-caught fish include sardines, mackerel, Pacific cod,
wild trout and Pacific rockfish.
Learn More
You can find other information on the healthiest and most environmentally
correct seafood at www.seafoodwatch.org.
For more recipes and facts on fish, go to www.kingoscar.com/recipes.
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