Pasta With Sardine Sauce

Name: Pasta With Sardine Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 lbs fresh sardines; 1 1/2 lbs fennel bulbs, thickly sliced; 1/2 cup olive oil; 2 onions, finely sliced; 4 anchovy fillets; 1/2 cup pine nuts; 1/2 cup golden raisin; 1 dash saffron; salt and pepper; 1 lb bucatini pasta; 1 cup breadcrumbs

Submitted by Phil Franco

"Pasta con le Sarde This is a classic Sicilian dish from Palermo,created when the Saracens ruled Sicily. Sicilians would use the fennel that grows wild in the lava-rich soil which is a more intense taste than the cultivated. This recipe from www.inmamaskitchen.com"

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Ready In:: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 6

ingredients

2 lbs fresh sardines
1 ¹⁄₂ lbs fennel bulbs, thickly sliced
¹⁄₂ cup olive oil
2 onions, finely sliced
4 anchovy fillets
¹⁄₂ cup pine nuts
¹⁄₂ cup golden raisin
1 dash saffron
salt and pepper
1 lb bucatini pasta
1 cup breadcrumbs

directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Remove heads and tails from half the sardines. Cut in 1 inch pieces. Leave second half intact.
Wash and trim fennel. Put into pan with about 8 cups cold, salted water. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, about 5- 8 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon, drain in colander, then gently squeeze out water. Chop roughly. Reserve cooking water.
Heat 1/4 cup oil in frying pan. Sauté onions over medium heat until golden. Add chopped sardines and anchovies. As they cook, crush sardines with back of spoon to make a thick paste. Add pine nuts, raisins, saffron, salt and pepper.
In a separate pan, heat remaining oil and lightly sauté the fennel, removing to a separate bowl. Sauté the remaining whole sardines. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes, turning once gently to not break sardines.
Using fennel water, boil pasta until al dente, about 10 -= 12 minutes. Drain. Put in bowl and dress with half the sardine sauce.
Put a layer of dressed pasta in an ovenproof casserole. On top of that, put a layer of fennel, then a a layer of whole sardines with additional sauce. Continue until ingredients are used up, ending with a layer of bucatini. Cover with breadcrumbs. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over top. Cover and bake in preheated 350°F oven 15 - 20 minutes.
Pasta may be served hot or cold.

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Phil Franco

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