
Pasta with Sardines
Pasta with sardines is a traditional dish of Sicilian cuisine. The sardines are mixed with wild fennel, pine nuts, raisins, and toasted almonds to create a rich and tasty sauce. It is then combined with bucatini pasta. This recipe is highly appreciated for its unique flavor and the balance between sweet and salty tastes.
Ingredients
- Wild fennel
1,000G1,000G - Sardines
500G500G - Bucatini pasta
600G600G - Chopped onions
22 - Salted anchovies
66 - Pine nuts
50G50G - Sultana raisins
50G50G - Toasted chopped almonds
50G50G - Saffron
1Pinch1Pinch - Olive oilto taste
- Saltto taste
- Pepperto taste
Preparation
- STEP 1 OF 9
Boil the fennel in salted water, drain them and keep the water which will be used to cook the bucatini
- STEP 2 OF 9
Remove the bones and heads from the sardines
- STEP 3 OF 9
In a saucepan, sauté the chopped fennel with the onion, desalted anchovies, a bit of pepper, pine nuts, saffron diluted in a little water, and sultana raisins rehydrated in warm water, then add half of the sardines
- STEP 4 OF 9
When the sardines are browned, mix everything until you get a smooth sauce
- STEP 5 OF 9
Cook the bucatini in the fennel water
- STEP 6 OF 9
Drain them al dente and place them in a baking dish with two-thirds of the sauce, mix well
- STEP 7 OF 9
In a pan with a little oil and the remaining third of the sauce, cook the remaining sardines
- STEP 8 OF 9
Pour everything over the bucatini and sprinkle with chopped almonds
- STEP 9 OF 9
Place the baking dish in a very hot oven for about ten minutes and gratinate the contents
Suggestions
Pan
Saucepan
Colander
General Information
Origin
Italia, Sicilia
Analysis
Attention
Macronutrients (100 gr)
Attention
Energy (kcal) | 146.18 |
Carbohydrates (g) | 19.75 |
of which Sugars (g) | 3.27 |
Fat (g) | 3.36 |
of which Saturates (g) | 0.46 |
Protein (g) | 9.62 |
Fiber (g) | 1.79 |
Sale (g) | 0.06 |
- Proteins9.62g·28%
- Carbohydrates19.75g·57%
- Fats3.36g·10%
- Fibers1.79g·5%