Pasta con le sarde espressa
Pasta con le sarde espressa

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Here is how you cook it. Ingredients of Pasta con le I'm no survivalist, but like any responsible chef I like to have a few cans of sardines stocked away, just in case. If times ever get tough, I could survive for hours, maybe days on them; but since things are going pretty well, I decided to dust off a can, and show you my version of Sicily's famous pasta con le sarde.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pasta con le sarde espressa using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pasta con le sarde espressa:
  1. Prepare 2 small fennels
  2. Make ready 2 anchovies
  3. Take 1 tin sardines (usually 3-4 sardines)
  4. Prepare 1 clove garlic
  5. Take 1 chilli (optional)
  6. Make ready 1 pinch saffron (optional)
  7. Take 1 big handful of raisins
  8. Take 8-10 cherry tomatoes (or 2 large tomatoes)
  9. Get 200 g fresh pasta (or 150g dried)
  10. Take 1 handful breadcrumbs

Serve up with a crisp glass of white wine and you could almost be there. Wild fennel grows abundantly in Sicily but is difficult to find in the United Kingdom. Add enough salt to the boiling water so that it tastes salty. Return the pasta to the pasta pot and set over low heat.

Instructions to make Pasta con le sarde espressa:
  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil for the pasta as usual. Slice the bulbs of the fennel in thin rounds; keep aside the fluffy tips for later.
  2. Add the fennel, chilli, saffron, garlic and anchovies to a pan with the oil and fry for a few minutes. Once the fennel starts to soften and the anchovies start to dissolve, add the raisins. After another minute or so, add the sardines and the chopped tomatoes and cook for another 5 minutes tossing frequently.
  3. Remove from heat. Cook the pasta (these are homemade chestnut and wholemeal pappardelle); in the meantime, chop the fennel tips finely.
  4. Drain the pasta al dente and combine it with sauce in the pan. Add the chopped fennel tips and the breadcrumbs.
  5. Done!

Pasta con le sarde (sardines) is a trademark recipe from Palermo. It's simple Sicilian ingredients infused with Arab influences, and it's just so delicious. This version is adapted to everyday life in the UK - sometimes I don't have saffron, stale. Today I am sharing with you my Pasta con Sarde recipe! I like to use spaghetti for this recipe, but you can use your favorite pasta instead since it is all about the sardine sauce.

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