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Recipe

Daniel's Sardine And Red Pepper Terrine

  • Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • FOR THE TERRINE:
  • 2 pounds fresh sardine fillets, (from about 4 pounds whole sardines) ***you can also use salmon fillets
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground white pepper
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 8 leaves sage
  • 6 sprigs thyme
  • 4 sprigs rosemary
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • 3 pounds eggplant, trimmed, peeled, and cut into 1/2-inch thick slices (on the bias)
  • 12 ounces piquillo or roasted red bell peppers
  • 40 pieces TOMATO CONFIT:
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground white pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled, split, germ removed and finely sliced
  • 10 basil leaves, torn
  • 4 sprigs thyme, leaves only
  • 2 bay leaves, broken
  • 20 ripe plum tomatoes, peeled
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Directions

  • Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350ºF.   Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and arrange the sardines or salmon in a single layer on the pan. Season the fillets on both sides with salt and pepper and one quarter of the olive oil. Scatter half the sage, thyme, rosemary, and garlic over the fillets and slide the pan into the oven. Roast the sardines for 7 minutes, or until they’re just cooked through. Remove the sardines from the baking pan, cool, and then chill in the refrigerator. Re-line the baking sheet with clean parchment paper and arrange the eggplant on the sheet. Season the eggplant slices with salt and pepper as well as the remaining oil and herbs. Bake the eggplant for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender. Cool and then transfer to the refrigerator to chill.   Line an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap, allowing it to extend over the sides. The terrine will be built with the eggplant, peppers, sardines, and tomatoes in layers, starting with the eggplant. To begin, cut the eggplant slices to fit the terrine and lay a layer of eggplant over the bottom and up the sides of the terrine, allow the slices to overlap a little and overhang the edges. Top with peppers, then sardines, then tomatoes. Repeat with the remaining ingredients, finishing by folding the overhanging eggplant over the top of the terrine and leveling the top with an additional layer of eggplant slices. Cover the top with the plastic wrap that’s hanging over the sides and press another piece of plastic wrap against the top for good measure. Cut a piece of corrugated cardboard to fit inside the top of the terrine and press it down firmly against the plastic wrap. Place a weight, such as a 1-pound can, on top of the cardboard, put the terrine on a parchment-lined tray (to catch any drips that result from the weighting), and refrigerate for at least 12 hours, or overnight.   To serve: If you have an electric knife, now’s the time to use it, if not, choose a long thin serrated knife andwork with a sawing motion. Remove the weight, the cardboard, and the sheet of plastic wrap. Carefully cut the loaf into slices, each no less than 1-inch thick (thinner slices will fall apart.) If you’d like, serve the terrine with a small green salad dressed with lemon juice and olive oil.   To drink: A Spanish white Ruede, rich, oaky and, even though it’s white Berryish.     TOMATO CONFIT: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 200ºF.   Line a baking sheet with foil and pour about 2 tablespoons olive oil evenly over the pan. Sprinkle the oil with salt and pepper. Strew a little of the garlic, basil, thyme, and bay leaves over the oil. Cut each tomato lengthwise in half and carefully, with your fingers or a tiny spoon, remove the seeds. Lay the tomato halves cut side down in the pan, wiggling the tomatoes around if necessary so that each tomato has a floss of oil on its cut side. Using a pastry brush, give the tops of the tomatoes a light coat of olive oil. Season the tops of the tomatoes with salt and pepper and a little sugar, and scatter over the rest of the garlic, basil, thyme, and bay leaves.   Slide the pan into the oven and bake the tomatoes for 2 1/2 hours, or until they are very tender but still able to hold their shape; turn the tomatoes over at half-time and open the oven for just a second every 30 minutes or so to get rid of the moisture that will build up in the oven. Cool the tomatoes to room temperature on their pan. When the tomatoes are cool, transfer them to a jar, stacking them neatly. Pour whatever oil remains in the pan over the tomatoes and then, if you plan to keep the tomatoes longer than 1 or 2 days, pour in enough olive oil to cover and refrigerate.   Yield: 40 tomato halves

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