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Pasta with sardines

Pasta with sardines

Sicilia · 4 servings · Prep 25 min · Cooking 30 min · Medium

Palermitan-style bucatini with fresh sardines, wild fennel, raisins and pine nuts.

Ingredients

  • Bucatini360 g
  • Fresh sardines, cleaned300 g
  • Wild fennel200 g
  • Onion80 g
  • Raisins20 g
  • Pine nuts20 g
  • Anchovy fillets in oil15 g
  • Saffron powder0.2 g
  • Breadcrumbs40 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil60 ml
  • Fine salt8 g

Allergens

Tree nuts, Gluten, Fish, Sulphites
May contain traces of: Soy.

Method

  1. Boil the wild fennel in salted water for 10 minutes, drain it (reserving the cooking water) and chop it.
  2. Sauté the onion in the oil, melt the anchovies into the oil and add the soaked raisins and pine nuts.
  3. Add the sardines and cook for 5 minutes, then add the fennel and the saffron dissolved in a little water.
  4. Cook the bucatini in the fennel cooking water.
  5. Toast the breadcrumbs in a dry frying pan.
  6. Toss the pasta with the sardines and finish with the toasted breadcrumbs.

Nutrition facts (estimate)

Per serving (338 g)Per 100 g
Energy2703 kJ / 646 kcal799 kJ / 191 kcal
Protein29 g8.6 g
Carbohydrates80 g24 g
of which sugars7.3 g2.1 g
Fat23 g6.7 g
of which saturates3.5 g1.0 g
Fibre5.5 g1.6 g
Salt2.4 g0.7 g

AI estimates based on average CREA / USDA data: indicative only, not a substitute for medical or dietitian advice.

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