These French sardine rillettes are one of the best French appetizers. All you need are 7 simple ingredients and 15 minutes to make this simple and delicious gourmet appetizer. If you are looking for more delicious appetizers, make this French salmon mousse next.
Sardines, cream cheese, chives, shallots, lemon, olive oil and spicy pepper come together to make this creamy starter.
We first made this recipe while we were sailing over the Summer. We left for a 2 week sailing trip around Corsica, Cinque Terre, Italy and the South of France. This recipe is an easy mix recipe with simple ingredients which makes it a perfect recipe to prepare on a sailboat. Each time we eat these sardine rillettes, we are brought right back to that breathtaking moment when we sailed into Vernazza, Italy and saw all of the beautiful colorful houses perched in the hillside in front of us.
This was one of our favorite spots from our sailing trip. It is the Golfo dei Poeti in Portovenere in the Cinque Terre. This spot is known for having been one of the favorite swimming spots of Lord Byron.
And now for the recipe… Enjoy friends!
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Sardine Rillettes
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Sardine rillettes
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 200g[img:1] 1x
Description
Easy and delicious sardine rillettes.
Ingredients
- 1 can of sardines (125g)
- 70g of cream cheese
- 1 shallot (finely chopped)
- Juice of ½ a lemon
- Zest of ½ a lemon
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- 8 chives
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 1 pinch of dried chili peppers (or Espelette pepper)
Instructions
- Mix sardines, cream cheese and shallots in a bowl with a fork.
- Add lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, chili peppers, black pepper and 6 chives (chopped) and continue to mix.
- Decorate with 2 chives (unchopped) and some grated lemon zest.
- Put in your fridge for 1 hour before serving.
- Serve with bread.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Category: Starter
- Cuisine: French
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marie says
I’m going to look out for some fresh sardines in the market and have a go at making this recipe! Looks delicious. This is such a stunning part of the world to sail, looks like a great trip!
A Hedgehog in the Kitchen says
Hi Marie! Thanks for your comment. It was a really lovely trip. We had such a great time. We are so happy you are planning to make the sardine rillettes. Let us know how they turn out!