Deep Dives: Lemon

The classic combination of lemon and seafood. Perfect for eating right from the tin, with crackers, or as part of your favorite sardine recipes. Don't have a favorite sardine recipe? Ask us when you order, we've got a million of them.

One layer, 8-12 fish

106g tin

Pictured in onigiri.

Lemon and fish, need I say more? OK, I will. Nothing cuts through the oil in the same way as citrus, it's one of the world's most firmly fixed pairings for a reason: lemon makes seafood taste better.

115g tin

Pictured on tabbouleh with cucumbers and tomatoes.

When we first sampled this product we were stunned by the price, and even questioned it to be sure it was right. This is one of the best tinned salmon products on the market, and the price means it can be a daily driver.

115g tin

One of the quintessential products the world can offer: Portuguese Sardines in Olive Oil with Lemon. Fork them onto your favorite saltine and nod to yourself or your companions in the knowledge that this is living.

120g (4.2oz) tin

Want to sample the work of the people who produce the best sardine in the world as judged by worldbestfish.com but prefer the smaller fish to the big ones? Well, we have just the tin for you. Slice of lemon adds the finishing touch.

120g tin

Pictured on toast with tapenade, pickled carrots with dill, and red onion.

Limited Edition means get them while you can. This is the first time we've seen this product in three years.

125 (4.4 oz) tin

Sardines packed in sunflower oil with preserved lemon and green olives.

115g (4 oz) tin

Pictured plated with its own tin contents and topped with fresh chives.

Sure, you could squeeze some fresh lemon on a tin of tuna, but sometimes you can't bring a lemon with you to work, or maybe you just want the flavor more imbued through the meat. We were purists until we tried our first tuna in escabeche, and now we're total converts to flavored tunas.

110g tin

Really the only way to settle the debate over who makes the best sardines, the Spanish, the Portuguese, or the French is to do some side-by-side tastings.

120g (4.23oz) tin

Portuguese sardines at a price that can't be beat. "Tasty, clean, refreshing." is how the customer who recommended this to us described them. After we tried, we agreed.

120g (4.2 oz) tin