Pasta con le Sarde: Sicily on a plate Recipe

Ingredients

• 1lb (1/2 kilo) dried long pasta (spaghetti, bucatini, perciatelli)
• 1 fennel bulb, tops removed and reserved, sliced wafer thin
• 1 medium yellow onion, sliced thinly
• 3-4 cloves garlic, finely sliced.
• 4-6 medium sardines (1lb / 1/2 kilo), cleaned and boned
• handful golden raisins (sultanas)
• handful pine nuts (pignoli)
• 1 small glass dry white wine
• 2 handfuls day-old bread crumbs
• 1 handful roughly chopped almonds
• 3 salted anchovies
• 1 pinch saffron
• freshly ground black pepper
• sea salt to taste
• good quality olive oil
• chopped flat leaf parsley (optional)
• Recipe:
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil
• In a saute pan, bring 3 tablespoons of olive oil to medium heat
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