St Josephs Pasta
Recipe: #42422
February 26, 2024
"March 19 is Saint Joseph's Saint day. This is a Sicilian version. The bread crumbs are from him being a carpenter. They used a fennel bulb and fronds, good luck getting that in the hinterlands. I used fennel seeds. Use linguine or spaghetti if you wish."
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (313.5 g)
- Calories 442.8
- Total Fat - 20 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.2 g
- Cholesterol - 4 mg
- Sodium - 510 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 60.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.7 g
- Sugars - 6.5 g
- Protein - 8.4 g
- Calcium - 93 mg
- Iron - 1.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Soak raisins in saffron water for 30 minutes.
Step 2
Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a sauté pan over moderate heat.
Step 3
Add one clove minced garlic but do not brown.
Step 4
Add the breadcrumbs and cook, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes.
Step 5
Add pine nuts be careful they burn.
Step 6
Remove the crumbs from the pan and toss with the Parmesan, salt and black pepper to taste.
Pasta:
Step 7
Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil.
Step 8
Add the pasta and cook until al dente, do not drain.
Sauce:
Step 9
In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.
Step 10
Add anchovies and stir to dissolve.
Step 11
Add the onions, remaining garlic, and fennel seed.
Step 12
Saute until lightly golden, about 10 minutes.
Step 13
Add the tomato paste.
Step 14
Add about half of the sardines and lightly break them up.
Step 15
Add the raisins and saffron along with their water; season with salt and pepper.
Step 16
Cook the mixture for about 5 minutes.
Step 17
Spoon the cooked pasta directly into pan with a pasta spoon, reserving the pasta water.
Step 18
Stir pasta well to coat with the sauce.
Step 19
Continue to add some of the reserved pasta cooking water if the sauce is too dry.
Step 20
Gently stir in the remaining sardines with the oil.
Step 21
Cook briefly just enough to heat the added sardines.
Step 22
Serve pasta topped with toasted breadcrumb mixture.
Tips
No special items needed.