Fresh sardines with wine, tomato and oregano

A classic and light way of cooking the sardines. One of the most versatile and popular fishes in Greece. This recipe is going to surprise you with its convenient and easy way of cooking

Ingredients (for 4 people):

1½Kg of fresh sardines, cleaned
100ml of white dry wine
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 large ripe but firm tomato, cut in thin slices
20ml olive oil
salt
pepper
1 tsp of dry oregano

Method:
Ask your fishmonger to prepare the fishes for you if you can't deal with it. To take off the heads and the insides, to scrape the scales but to leave their tails on.

Get a spacious non-stick frying pan with a lid and lay the sardines in one layer.

Scatter on top with the garlic and then cover with the tomato slices. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and the oregano. Pour over with the wine and the olive oil.

Cover with the lid and cook the fish for only 8-10 minutes on medium heat. This is enough time to allow the sardines to free their juices and to blend with the rest of the ingredients and make the tomatoes to soften and almost caramelize.

Serve immediately along with steamed vegetables or even a fluffy white rice pilau.