Sardines à la Bonne-femme (Sardines, Bonne-femme Style)

Ingredients

• a dozen fine sardines
• 6 small white onions
• oil
• 1 décilitre and a half white wine
• 5 medium tomatoes
• breadcrumb
• pulverized fennel seed
• olive oil

Instructions

1. Blanch 6 finely sliced small white onions and let them take colour lightly in oil.
2. Moisten with a décilitre and a half of white wine and reduce by two-thirds.
3. Add 5 medium tomatoes, pressed, peeled, sliced and sautéed; season well and finish cooking together.
4. Pour into a gratin dish and arrange a dozen fine sardines on top, in a crown.
5. Sprinkle with breadcrumb mixed with pulverized fennel seed and moisten with olive oil.
6. Gratinate.