Sardines with Lemon in Organic Olive Oil

JG Jacques Gonidec Sardines with Lemon in Organic Olive Oil – Fresh Pleasure with a Mediterranean Touch

Discover the JG Jacques Gonidec Sardines with Lemon in Organic Olive Oil — a delicate combination of tender sardines, zesty citrus notes, and velvety olive oil. This preserve offers you high-quality taste with minimal processing. Ideal for anyone who appreciates simple pleasure with refinement.

What makes the Sardines with Lemon in Organic Olive Oil so special:

• Fine Citrus Note: Fresh, natural lemon slices or juice lend a subtle acidity that enriches the taste.
• Gentle Oil Composition: Preserved in high-quality organic olive oil, which protects the texture and harmoniously blends the flavors.
• Versatile Applications: Straight from the can, on bread, in salads, or with pasta – flexibly adapts to your moment of enjoyment.

Origin & Processing

The sardines are carefully selected for JG Jacques Gonidec from sustainable fishing grounds and processed immediately fresh. After cleaning and filleting, they are combined with a fine citrus note and preserved in extra virgin organic olive oil — without unnecessary additives. This preserves their natural flavors and delicate texture.

Taste & Everyday Use

The taste convinces with balance: the mild salting of the sardines combines with a subtle lemon note that doesn't dominate but complements. Ideal for crispy bread, as a component in Mediterranean salads, or as an aromatic ingredient for pasta and vegetables. The combination tastes fresh, light, and at the same time full of character.

Portioning & Storage

The preserve can be used flexibly: a small amount is often enough as a taste accent. After opening, you should seal the product airtight and store it in the refrigerator — ideally consume within a few days. Unopened cans have a long shelf life and are excellent for stocking up.

Enjoy the fine combination from JG Jacques Gonidec: Sardines with Lemon in Organic Olive Oil, perfect with bread, salad, or pasta. Fresh, aromatic & versatile.

JG Jacques Gonidec – finest, French canned fish

In Southern Brittany on the Atlantic near Concarneau is the home of Valérie and Jacques Gonidec, the third. Their Conserverie Gonidec is a family-run business that has been producing canned fish using traditional methods since 1959. The fresh sardines of exceptional quality, as well as other fish such as mackerel and tuna, are caught off the coast of Brittany and cleaned, cut, and preserved by skilled hands with olive oil in the beautiful cans at the Conserverie. In 1995, the cannery moved to new modern production facilities. Many specialties and new flavors have since joined the traditional recipes, but the know-how about canned fish remains the same for all of them.

Sardines are migratory fish, so sardine fishing is seasonal. In early spring, the famous sardines appear near the Breton coasts. Conserverie Gonidec obtains freshly caught fish daily from fishermen in the small port, and has done so for 40 years.

As soon as the fish arrives at the factory, it is immersed in a saltwater bath with ice. This process, also called brining, allows the flesh of the sardines to be scaled and firmed up. Then, about forty employees perform the tripping, cleaning and gutting of the sardines by hand. Then they are showered and dried on racks before being fried in hot oil and then allowed to rest and drain overnight. The canning takes place only the next day, then the sardines are freed from their tails and heads and placed by hand into the cans. Today, Gonidec is the only remaining conserverie in Concarneau.

Content 115g – Drained weight 87g – Best before end 2031 – Organic control number FR-BIO-10