Sardines on Toast

Name: Sardines on Toast
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 slices wholemeal bread; 1 tin sardines in olive oil, 120 g tin, drained; 1 tbsp butter; 0.5 lemon, juiced; 1 tomato, sliced; 10g watercress

Buttery toast piled with sardines, lemon and black pepper. A classic British tea.

Time5 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.85 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

1 serving

Ingredients

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2slices wholemeal bread
1tin sardines in olive oil120 g tin, drained
1 tbspbutter
½lemonjuiced
1tomatosliced
10 gwatercress

Method

1
Toast the bread until golden.
2 min
2
Spread with the butter while hot.
3
Top with the tomato slices, then the sardines, breaking them up lightly with a fork.
4
Squeeze over the lemon, add black pepper and finish with the watercress.

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