Pasta con le sarde

Name: Pasta con le sarde
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 40 g sultanas or raisins; 1 onion; 6 baby fennel bulbs including green tops; 6 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon saffron threads; 200 g toasted pine nuts; 4 anchovy fillets from sustainable sources; 12 sardines cleaned and boned, heads removed, to produce butterfly fillets, from sustainable sources; 480 g bucatini; 2 tablespoons toasted breadcrumbs

From the beautiful island of Sicily

Dairy-freedf

“With its distinctive fragrance and sweet and sour flavours, this is a Sicilian classic. ”

Serves 6

Cooks In50 minutes

DifficultySuper easy

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Nutrition per serving

Calories 735 37%
Fat 54.8g 78%
Saturates 8.8g 44%
Sugars 9.6g 11%
Salt 1.2g 20%
Protein 46.3g 93%
Carbs 13.1g 5%
Fibre 3.7g -

Of an adult's reference intake

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Ingredients

40 g sultanas or raisins
1 onion
6 baby fennel bulbs , including green tops
6 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon saffron threads
200 g toasted pine nuts
4 anchovy fillets , from sustainable sources
12 sardines , cleaned and boned, heads removed, to produce butterfly fillets, from sustainable sources
480 g bucatini
2 tablespoons toasted breadcrumbs

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Method

Soak the sultanas or raisins in warm water to plump up. Peel and thinly slice the onion.
Cook the fennel in plenty of boiling, salted water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until tender. Transfer with a slotted spoon to kitchen paper to dry, then roughly chop and place in a bowl, reserving the cooking water.
Heat half the oil in a pan over a medium heat and sauté the onion for about 5 minutes, or until softened. Add 500ml of the water used to cook the fennel, as well as the saffron, drained sultanas or raisins and pine nuts and simmer over a low heat for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, sauté the anchovies with the remaining oil in a small pan over a low heat for a few minutes until they disintegrate, then add to the sauce.
Add the sardines to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, then add the fennel. Season generously with sea salt and black pepper and cook for a further 3 to 4 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta in the boiling fennel water until al dente. Drain and serve with the sauce, sprinkling breadcrumbs on top.