Sicilian stuffed sardines - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 85g fresh breadcrumbs
• 50g black olives, stoned and roughly chopped
• large handful parsley, roughly chopped
• small handful mint leaves, finely chopped
• 1 lemon, zested and sliced
• 4 anchovy fillets
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 25g pine nuts
• 25g sultanas
• pinch of chilli flakes (optional)
• 1 large fennel bulb, finely sliced, fronds reserved
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 8 sardines, butterflied with tails kept intact
• 8 bay leaves