Spaghetti with Sardines and Pine Nuts

Main Dishes | Italian cuisine

⏳ Time

20 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

In the original recipe, fennel is used instead of onion. Mackerel is a great substitute for sardines.

Ingredients

Sardines - 8 pieces
Spaghetti - 10.6 oz
Toasted Sesame - 3.5 oz
Spanish onions - 1 head
Garlic - 2 cloves
Lemon - 1 piece
Chopped Sage Leaves - 2 tablespoons
Olive Oil - 5 tablespoons
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Ocean salt - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Slice the onion into feathers. Toast the nuts in a dry skillet. Remove the dorsal fins and rib bones from the sardine fillets.

Step 2

Heat the oil in a skillet, sauté the onion until soft, then add the chopped garlic. Immediately after, add the fish and reduce the heat. Simmer for 4–5 minutes.

Step 3

Meanwhile, cook the pasta in the usual way.

Step 4

To the fish, add the previously grated zest of 1/3 lemon, the juice of 0.5 lemon, nuts, parsley, salt, and pepper.

Step 5

Once the spaghetti reaches the desired doneness, drain it in a colander, let the water drain, and then combine it with the fish. Gently mix. On the plate, sprinkle the dish with ground black pepper and the remaining parsley.