Pasta Con le Sarde (Sicilian Pasta With Sardines) Recipe

Name: Pasta Con le Sarde (Sicilian Pasta With Sardines) Recipe
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (120ml) dry white wine; 1 1/2 ounces (45g) golden raisins (about 1/4 cup); Pinch saffron, optional; 4 1/2 tablespoons (67ml) extra-virgin olive oil, divided, plus more as needed; 1/2 teaspoon ground fennel seed; 1 1/4 ounces (35g) panko bread crumbs (about 1/2 cup); Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 cup minced peeled and cored fennel bulb (about half of one large 1 1/2-pound fennel bulb with fronds), fronds reserved; 1 cup minced yellow onion (about half of one large 1-pound onion); 4 oil-packed anchovy fillets; 1 1/4 ounces (35g) pine nuts (about 1/4 cup), toasted; 5 whole sardines (about 3/4 pound/340g total), filleted and cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 pound (450g) bucatini or spaghetti

Instructions

Cook:35min

Heavily influenced by the Arabs that ruled Sicily more than a thousand years ago, pasta con le sarde (pasta with sardines) features long bucatini or spaghetti in a slick, luscious sauce made from onions, fennel, raisins, pine nuts, anchovies, sardines, and saffron, and is topped with toasted and seasoned bread crumbs.

Updated at: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:08:32 GMT