Pasta Con Sarde

Name: Pasta Con Sarde
Ingredients: 1 Small onion; 1/2 cup Olive oil; 1 Fennel bulb, thinly sliced, reserve fronds; Salt and Pepper; 3 Garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 cup White wine; 6 Flat anchovies; 2 Cans of sardines; 4 tablespoons Dried currants or raisins; 4 tablespoons Pine nuts; 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds, crushed; Dash Red Pepper flakes; 1 pound Bucatini pasta

13 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

1 Small onion
1/2 cup Olive oil
1 Fennel bulb, thinly sliced, reserve fronds
Salt and Pepper
3 Garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup White wine
6 Flat anchovies
2 Cans of sardines
4 tablespoons Dried currants or raisins
4 tablespoons Pine nuts
1 teaspoon Fennel seeds, crushed
Dash Red Pepper flakes
1 pound Bucatini pasta

Directions

1

Saute onion and fennel in a pan large enough to hold pasta. Cook for about 5 minutes, add garlic, salt and pepper. Continue to cook until soft. Add wine and continue cooking. Add anchovies and sardines, breaking them up with wooden spoon. Add currants, pine nuts, fennel seeds and pepper flakes. Continue on very low flame.
2

Boil pasta til al dente and add to sardine mixture. Add some of the pasta cooking water to create sauce if too dry. You can also add more olive oil and serve with reserved chopped fronds.