THEME: Pasta con le Sarde

[Jamie R]

Pasta con le Sarde
(Bucatini with Sardines)
Posted By: Pam~Gator Town, FL
Date: July 24th 2003
Board: Daily Recipe Swap at RecipeLink.com

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3 bunches wild fennel
1 onion, diced
1 TBS tomato paste
1 TBS olive oil
4 salted anchovies, boned
1 TBS tomato paste
1 lb sardines, cleaned and boned
1 TBS raisins
1 TBS pine nuts
saffron threads
1 lb bucatini
salt
pepper

Clean the wild fennel and boil in salted water. Drain carefully,
keeping the cooking water, then chop the fennel coarsely and brown in
a small amount of oil. , Cleaned and coarsely chop the onions; brown
them in plenty of oil in another pan. Add the anchovies and the
tomato paste, and then stir briskly until the mixture is homogeneous.

Add the sardines, the browned fennel, raisins, pine nuts, and a few
threads of saffron. Cook lightly for 5 mins, adding some of the
fennel's cooking water if necessary. Add salt to taste.

Bring the rest of the fennel's water to a boil and use it to cook the
bucatini. When al dente, drain and mix in the sauce. Serve hot.
Serves 6