How to Make Spanish Sardines at Home | Feastful fork

 

Homemade Spanish Sardines

Homemade Spanish sardines are another version of sardines you can make at home from scratch. Yes, they are available in your local supermarkets and grocery stores, but do you know they are very easy to make at home? This post will show you how.

I was first introduced to Spanish sardines that are commercially sold in jars in my home country — the Philippines — and I continued to love them while in Saudi Arabia; this time in tin cans. While I had repeatedly made homemade sardines in tomato sauce, I started making my own Spanish sardines a little more than a couple of years ago. Around this time, gourmet tuyo has become popular along with gourmet tinapa, and many more in my home country. This was also because Filipinos had set a trend to do business with such items. I used these items as pasalubong when returning to Saudi Arabia. Ah yes, I have yet to consider putting my own Spanish sardines in jars and giving them as gifts, and it is not a bad idea after all.

How to Make Spanish Sardines at Home | Feastful fork
How to Make Spanish Sardines at Home | Feastful fork

History of Spanish Sardines

According to a Foodicles.com blog, “By the end of the 1800s, Brittany led the world in canned sardine sales. France actually had a monopoly on canned products at the time.”

“But Spain and Portugal soon followed and eventually took over. It has been told that in 1840, the Spaniards discovered a shipwrecked French sailboat off the coast of Galicia. It was loaded with canned sardines. After studying the cans and contents, Spain soon produced its own canned seafood in the region of La Rioja.”


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