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Recipe Instructions:

1.25 sticks/10 tablespoons salted butter, slightly softened (If you can find butter with actual crystals of salt, even better)
1 can good quality sardines, packed in oil (either use boneless or debone yourself!)
juice of ½ a lemon
about a tablespoon of minced chives
freshly ground black pepper

Place the softened butter in a medium bowl. Drain the sardines, and add them to the bowl. Use a fork to mash the butter and the sardines together. Have fun!
After a minute, add the lemon juice. Keep mashing until incorporated. At the last minute, add the chives, and some black pepper.
Move the butter to a ramekin, or roll it in plastic to form a log. Refrigerate it for at least an hour or so.
Serve the sardine butter with toast.