Healthy Food Database
Sardines (pilchards)
Pilchards is the marketing name for a sardine. The sardine is an oily fish averaging 15 cm long.
Category: Seafood - Finfish
In Season: Summer Autumn Winter
To Buy:
Buy fresh sardines whole or filleted. Whole sardines should be firm with heads attached and stomachs intact. There should also be a pleasant, fresh smell. Pilchards can also be purchased butterflied.
Canned sardines are also available - buy them in springwater to reduce fat content.
To Store:
Wrap whole fish or fillets in plastic wrap or put in an airtight container. Keep up to 2 days in the refrigerator.
Tips & Tricks:
Scale, clean and gut. To butterfly, break head from body and then run thumb down stomach cavity; gut will just come away. Press open flat on a board and remove bones if desired. Smaller species can be served whole, but do need to be scaled and gutted.
A serve of sardines is equal to about four sardines.
Cooking Tips:
An oily fish best suited to grilling, baking or barbecuing. Brush lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with lemon parsley and black pepper.
Nutrition per Per serve:
Monosaturated Fat , g:
3.1
Salicylates:
Safe/negligible amount
Benefits the Following Health Conditions:*
Aches & Pains
Anaemia
Low Energy
Acne
Arthritis
Skin Conditions
Alzheimers Disease
Inflammation
* This information is sourced by a qualified naturopath. It is non prescriptive and not intended as a cure for the condition. Recommended intake is not provided. It is no substitute for the advice and treatment of a professional practitioner.
Disclaimer:
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