Pasta con le Sarde

Name: Pasta con le Sarde
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g bucatini; 400g fresh sardines, cleaned and filleted; A large bunch of wild fennel (or fennel fronds); 4 anchovy fillets; 30g raisins, soaked; 30g pine nuts; A pinch of saffron; Toasted breadcrumbs

Pasta cu li sardi/PAH-stah kon leh SAR-deh/

Also known as: Sicilian Pasta with Sardines, Pasta with Sardines and Fennel, Bucatini con le Sarde

About this dish

Bucatini tossed with fresh sardines, wild fennel, raisins, pine nuts and saffron, topped with toasted breadcrumbs.

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Ingredients

🍝400g bucatini

🐟400g fresh sardines, cleaned and filleted

🌿A large bunch of wild fennel (or fennel fronds)

🐟4 anchovy fillets

🍇30g raisins, soaked

🌰30g pine nuts

🌸A pinch of saffron

🍞Toasted breadcrumbs

Method

Serves 4

Boil the fennel in salted water for 10 minutes, then chop it and keep the water for the pasta.

Soften an onion in olive oil and melt in the anchovies.

Add the sardines, raisins, pine nuts, saffron and fennel and cook gently for 10 minutes.

Cook the bucatini in the fennel water and toss with the sauce.

Serve topped with toasted breadcrumbs instead of cheese.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Pasta con le sarde is Palermo's signature pasta, combining Sicilian fish with Arab-influenced sweet and sour flavours.

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