Sardines with Lemon – Boneless

Boneless Sardines with Lemon and Basil

Briosa Gourmet's Sardines with Lemon are tender Portuguese sardine fillets, skinless and boneless, in olive oil with lemon and basil. Not your heavy canned fish, but a summery, fresh treat for bread, salads, and balmy evenings.

The Sardines with Lemon from Briosa Gourmet are premium sardines from Portugal, processed by hand and freed of skin and bones. Drenched in fine olive oil and refined with lemon and basil, they remain aromatic in flavor and pleasantly tender in texture. A touch of the south in a jar: bright, light, and sun-ripened.

Lemony, fresh, summer-light

These sardine fillets are tender, fresh, and summery, with a clear note of lemon and the scent of basil hovering over the olive oil.

The lemon provides a bright acidity, the basil adds a green freshness, and the sardine underneath remains calm and rounded. No pungent fishy notes, no heavy oil, just a light, sunny bite. While the tomato version is hearty and fruity, this one is airy and Mediterranean. This is what summer by the sea tastes like.

Because the skin and bones have already been removed, the fillets are ready for the plate in no time. Open, divide with a fork, enjoy. It’s rare to have something this fine on your bread so quickly.

In summer salads, on bread, in pasta

These lemon sardines are a natural addition to a fresh salad, alongside leafy greens, cucumber, and tomato.

Their freshness truly shines when served over a lukewarm potato salad with red onions and fresh basil—paired with a glass of cool white wine on the patio. On toasted bread with a little lemon zest, they make for a light lunch; in pasta with oil and parsley, a quick summer dish. To create a small selection of tinned fish, place them next to the Sardines in Tomato Sauce and the classic Sardines in Olive Oil.

The seasoned oil from the can serves as an instant dressing; a splash over your salad and you’re done. Not a drop goes to waste, and summer comes to your table.

On hot days, they are a gift: no cooking, no sweating—simply open the tin and bring summer to your plate. With a slice of melon and a bit of mint, they even become a small feast.

Hand-selected in Figueira da Foz

Briosa Gourmet is a brand by A Briosa, which has been at home in the fishing port of Figueira da Foz for over 30 years, founded in 1991 by António Faustino on the Portuguese Atlantic coast.

Directly at the port of Cabedelo, the fish arrives fresh with no long transport routes. Diligent hands clean the sardines, remove the skin and bones, and place the fillets in fine olive oil with lemon and basil before the tin is gently preserved using steam. Up to 60,000 tins are produced this way in a single day, each one wrapped by hand in azulejo-patterned paper. Sardine, mackerel, and tuna arrive fresh here every day, each variety with its own specific recipe.

Briosa Gourmet has been supplied to us for many years via the firm Conservas Portugal Norte, founded in 1912 in Matosinhos, which has been cultivating the art of Portuguese canned fish for over 100 years. The classic brand Porthos also comes from the same house. Browse for more tinned fish from Briosa Gourmet.

Content 120g – Drained weight 84g