St Josephs Day Sicilian Pasta Con Sarde Recipes

ST. JOSEPH'S DAY SICILIAN PASTA CON SARDE

Steps:

• In a large pot, saute garlic in oil for 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes in juice and tomato paste.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring and breaking up tomatoes; let cook for about 10 minutes.
• Add raisins and wine, pine nuts, sardines, fennel, sugar, salt and pepper.
• Cook at least 30 minutes over low heat.
• Add oregano and parsley; Stir well.
• Simmer 10 minutes more.
• Serve over pasta.
• ~NOTE~This pasta is never served with grated cheese.
• Serve only with special St.
• Joseph's Day bread crumbs.

PASTA CON LE SARDE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Combine the currants, red-pepper flakes and wine in a bowl; set aside. In a small sauté pan, melt the butter. Add the bread crumbs and cook, stirring, until golden brown. Transfer to a bowl, stir in 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and set aside.
• In a heavy skillet, heat 1/2 cup olive oil over medium-low heat. When hot, add the onion, garlic, fennel bulb and fennel seeds. Season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the fennel is tender, about 25 minutes.
• Add the wine mixture and the sardines, breaking them into pieces with a fork. Bring to a boil and gently simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add enough salt to the boiling water so that it tastes salty. Boil the bucatini until al dente, 6 to 8 minutes; strain. Return the pasta to the pasta pot and set over low heat. Fold in the fennel-sardine mixture. Toss in the remaining 4 tablespoons olive oil. Add 3/4 of the fennel fronds, the pine nuts, the capers and a quarter of the bread crumbs. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide pasta among plates and sprinkle the remaining bread crumbs and fennel fronds over each. Serve immediately.