Sardine Spaghetti

Name: Sardine Spaghetti
Ingredients: 100 g sardines in oil; 1/2 onion, diced small; 1 tablespoon capers; 2 anchovies (from a jar, in oil); 1 garlic clove, chopped; 2 dried red chili peppers, crushed; cherry tomatoes, a handful, halved; fresh flat leaf parsley, a handful, chopped; spaghetti; fresh ground black pepper

10 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

100 g sardines in oil
1/2 onion, diced small
1 tablespoon capers
2 anchovies (from a jar, in oil)
1 garlic clove, chopped
2 dried red chili peppers, crushed
cherry tomatoes, a handful, halved
fresh flat leaf parsley, a handful, chopped
spaghetti
fresh ground black pepper

Directions

1

Get the pasta cooking.
2

In another pan gently fry the chopped onion in the oil from the sardine tin - soften but don't let the onion colour.
3

Squish the anchovies into the pan.
4

Add the garlic, capers, chillis and tomatoes - stir.
5

Cook gently while your spaghetti finishes cooking.
6

Just as the spaghetti is ready, stir half a cup or so of the pasta water into the sauce, gently stir in the sardines and the parsley to warm the sardines through.
7

Drain the pasta and stir together.
8

Resist the urge to serve cheese over this.