Name: Sardine Rillettes with Herbs and Lemon
Cook time: 4 h 10 min
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 1 dish
Ingredients: Sardines; Lemon; Onion; Olive oil; Tarragon; Chives; Table salt; Black pepper

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FODMAP
AIP
DASH
GAPS
Low Lectin Diet
Low Histamine Diet
Gluten-free Casein-free (GFCF)
Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)
Ketogenic Therapeutic
Low Oxalate Diet
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Servings: 6 (1 serving ≈ 95 gram)

Digestion time: 2 hour

Complete protein: ✔

Drain sardines (250 g), remove the bones, and mash the fish with a fork.

Wash lemons (240 g), remove the zest, cut the pulp into small pieces, and squeeze out the juice. Finely chop onion (60 g), tarragon (4 g), and chives (2 g).

Mix the lemon pulp and juice, onion, herbs, olive oil (15 g), black pepper (to taste), and salt (to taste) with the sardines. Stir briefly to the consistency of rillettes and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Published: 30.08.2026

Author:

Roman Klymenko

15 years on low-carb nutrition

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Include ingredient	Ingredient	Qty, g
Include ingredient: Sardines	Sardines	Ingredient quantity for Sardines in g
Include ingredient: Lemon	Lemon	Ingredient quantity for Lemon in g
Include ingredient: Onion	Onion	Ingredient quantity for Onion in g
Include ingredient: Olive oil	Olive oil	Ingredient quantity for Olive oil in g
Include ingredient: Tarragon	Tarragon	Ingredient quantity for Tarragon in g
Include ingredient: Chives	Chives	Ingredient quantity for Chives in g
Include ingredient: Table salt	Table salt	to taste
Include ingredient: Black pepper	Black pepper	to taste

	Product release:	571
	Maintain proportions	Restore to default
		Portion size for nutrient recalculation
Add a dish to the menu

4 10
	Chill in the refrigerator	2
	Mix	5
	Slice	5
	Mix	2

Proteins	9.9
Digestible proteins	8.7
Fats	5.9
Plaid	1.6
Net carbohydrates	3.6
Fructose	0.4
Calories	107 kcal
Indexes
Glycemic index	9.6
Glycemic load	1
Insulin index, II	26.2
Disease inflammatory index, DII	-0.39
Antioxidant, ORAC	1 355

Weight loss	Detention	Set
11%	8%	7%
972	1350	1620

Nutrient	% of RDA
B12	1621621501391301
D	3030303055
C	2631289451
B6	25251753111
B3	14161329121
B2	1215122751
B5	8861341
E	7771411
B4 (Choline)	6881442
A	5661133
B1	5541031

	Ideal: 5% Carbohydrates 20% Proteins 75% Fats Plaid
Recommendations (3)
Reduce the amount carbohydrates Reduce the amount proteins Add more fats

Nutrient	% of RDA
Fructose	??????
Selenium	29292753164
Phosphorus	16161623126
Iron	13641072
Sulfur	12161624?3
Iodine	9961571
Potassium	7981065
Calcium	555554
Magnesium	5761633
Zinc	5651011
Quercetin	5581611

Nutrient	% of RDA
DHA (Omega-3)	7979131158?20
EPA (Omega-3)	6161102153?10
Arachidonic acid (AA, Omega-6)	16483296?10
Cholesterol	15151561?31
Oleic acid (Omega-9)	810915?12
Palmitic acid (Saturated)	6669?12

Nutrient	% of RDA
Histidine	385353109?26
Threonine	365151106??
Lysine	3550501032512
Tryptophan	344848120195
Serin	34342357?11
Isoleucine	283939801910
Aspartic acid	28332883?28
Alanine	244848120??
Leucine	23333370228
Valin	23323266?10
Methionine	233030632315
Phenylalanine	172424503010
Proline	16181639?11
Tyrosine	16231657289
Glycine	141414424214
Arginine	1111112693
Cysteine	9111128117
Glutamic acid	82512123??

Sardine Rillettes with Herbs and Lemon

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