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Photo: Benoît Prieur, CC0, croppedSarde in saor
/ˈsarde in saˈor/SAR-deh een sah-OR
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- Taste
- SourSweet
- Made with
- FishVegetablesNuts & seeds
History
Sarde in saor are fried sardines layered with onions slowly cooked in vinegar, with pine nuts and raisins, and left to rest for a day or more. Saor means flavour in Venetian dialect. The method was a way to preserve fish on long sea voyages, and the sweet-and-sour taste and the raisins and pine nuts reflect the trade with the East that made Venice rich. It is a classic of the Venetian cicchetti, small snacks served in bacari, wine bars, with a glass of wine, and it is eaten especially at the Festa del Redentore in July, when Venetians dine on boats on the lagoon.
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