Preheat oven to 180° C.

• If the sardines haven’t been cleaned, scale them by scraping with the end of a knife, starting at the tail and working towards the head. Be careful not to cut the skin. Remove the heads. Slit open the bellies, remove the innards, the tails and the backbone. Wash and drain.
• Clean and finely slice the garlic.
• Wash the parsley, drain it and chop finely

1. Sprinkle a little salt on the inside of the sardines and arrange them side by side in an ovenproof dish.

2.  Place the parsley in a bowl with the garlic. Reserve some parsley for garnishing.

3.  Add the oil, lemon juice, a little salt, oregano and pepper to the parsley mixture. Combine well and pour over the fish, placing a little garlic between the sardines.

4.  Cook in the middle of the oven for half an hour. Sprinkle with the remaining parsley and serve.