Minestrone with sardines. Unfortunately, the fishy smell lingered.

Today, I tried making minestrone using canned sardines.

Unfortunately, the finished dish still had a fishy smell. I tried to suppress it with sake and red wine, but it didn’t work. The tomatoes and red wine created a robust minestrone flavor, but the fish seemed to exist alongside it, almost as a separate entity. I really felt the high degree of difficulty.

Japanese link: Sardine Minestrone Recipe

Sardine Minestrone Recipe (Ingredients)

Calories and prices are approximate values.

Sardine Minestrone Recipe (Instructions)

・First, I put 30g of olive oil in a pot and sautéed 350g of mixed vegetables.

・Next, I added 800g of water, 20g of consommé, 30g of ketchup, and 4g of herb salt, and boiled it until it came to a boil.

・Here, I added 140g of canned sardines, along with 100g of red wine and 100g of sake to eliminate the fishy smell, and simmered it for about 10 minutes.

・ Unfortunately, the finished dish still had a fishy smell. I tried to suppress it with sake and red wine, but it didn’t work. The tomatoes and red wine created a robust minestrone flavor, but the fish seemed to exist alongside it, almost as a separate entity. I really felt the high degree of difficulty.