Grilled fish - Pimentad

This is a simple and delicious preparation for fresh small fish or fish fillets.
Made with sardines or other small fish, it can also be used as an appetizer.

12--15 cleaned sardines
3 cloves of garlic minced
1/4 cup of olive oil
2 tabs of lime or lemon juice
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp of ground pepper
1 Scotch bonnet peppers minced
1 tsp of finely chopped fresh thyme

In  a bowl mix all the ingredients, make a few diagonal slits on the fish and place them in the marinade for about one hour. Discard marinade, pat dry the fish, place on hot grill and cook 3-4 minutes on each side until skin is crispy and charred.

Sauce
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tsp salt
 1/2 cup sliced shallots
2 Scotch bonnet peppers chopped finely
2 tabs finely chopped parsley
1 tsp of finely chopped fresh thyme

Mix all the ingredients and let marinade for one hour. Serve with fish.