Pasta con le Sarde

Name: Pasta con le Sarde
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters fresh bread crumbs; 1 fennel bulb, diced; 59 milliliters chopped fresh parsley; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 118 milliliters olive oil; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan; 1 teaspoons salt; 248 grams boneless and skinless sardines, drained; 454 grams spaghetti; 237 milliliters canned crushed tomatoes in thick puree

Need a pescatarian main course? Pasta con le Sarde could be an amazing recipe to try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 975 calories, 40g of protein, and 41g of fat each. This recipe covers 39% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have sardines, fennel bulb, fresh-ground pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

In a large frying pan, heat 1/4 cup of the oil over moderate heat.

Ingredients you will need

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Add the bread crumbs and cook, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Breadcrumbs

Remove the crumbs from the pan and toss with the Parmesan. Wipe out the pan.

Ingredients you will need

Parmesan

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

In the same pan, heat the remaining 1/4 cup oil over moderately high heat.

Ingredients you will need

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Add the fennel and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, 5 to 10 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Fennel

Add the garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute longer. Stir in the tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat and simmer until thick, about 10 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Tomato

Garlic

Add the sardines, parsley, salt, and pepper. Break up the sardines with a fork.

Ingredients you will need

Sardines

Parsley

Pepper

Salt

Remove from the heat.

In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the spaghetti until just done, about 12 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Spaghetti

Water

Equipment you will use

Pot

Drain. Toss the spaghetti with the sauce and half of the bread crumbs. Top with the remaining crumbs.

Ingredients you will need

Breadcrumbs

Spaghetti

Sauce

Variation: If you're fortunate enough to find fresh sardines, substitute one pound of them, filleted, for the canned sardines.

Ingredients you will need

Canned Sardines

Fresh Sardines

Add them to the pan along with the garlic and saut for two to three minutes before adding the tomatoes.

Ingredients you will need

Tomato

Garlic

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Wine Recommendation: Mastroberardino is the acknowledged master winemaker of southern Italy. His Lacrimarosa, a uniquely earthy, tart, and delicately flavored ros, seems to have been made with a dish such as this in mind.

Ingredients you will need

Wine