Italian sardine recipe: a typical southern Italian dish

A Italian sardine recipe, prepared by Italian immigrants who arrived in the city of São Paulo, is an adaptation of a typical dish from southern Italy.

The original is prepared with fingerling, also called sardela, and contains sweet and spicy paprika, olive oil and a little fennel seed.

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As our immigrants, at the beginning of the 20th century, did not have access to paprika (which is dried chili powder) and much less to the original sardela fingerling, they made this Brazilian adaptation, which is also very delicious, to satisfy the longing for the original sardela.

It is served with Italian bread, but if you don't have it, it can also be enjoyed with normal bread.

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