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Sardine and Fennel Linguine with Pine Nuts

A Sicilian-style pasta of sardines, fennel seed, pine nuts, raisins and capers: sweet, sharp and salty in balance. It cooks as quickly as the linguine and can be crowned with crisp fennel breadcrumbs.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on18 min
  • Total21 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Pasta

  • 3 tbspraisins
  • 1 pinchsaffron threads
  • 85 mldry white wine
  • 8sardine fillets
  • 1 tspchilli flakes
  • 1 tspfennel seeds
  • 2 tbspolive oil, plus extra for drizzling
  • 3 tbsppine nuts
  • 3anchovy fillets
  • 500 gfresh linguine
  • 10 gflat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
  • 3 tbspbaby capers
  • 1lemon, zested
  • to tastesea salt

Crispy fennel breadcrumbs

  • 6 tbspbreadcrumbsoptional
  • 1 tspfennel seedsoptional
  • 2 tbspolive oiloptional

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Egg
  • Tree nuts
  • Fish
  • Sulfites
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Sardine
  • Anchovy
  • Pine nut
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Fennel
  • Parsley
  • Saffron
  • Yeast
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Alcohol
  • Capers

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • Under 20 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Needs advance prep

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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