Wholewheat Spaghetti with Sardines

Name: Wholewheat Spaghetti with Sardines
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; ½ fennel bulb, finely chopped; 400 g/14 oz wholewheat spaghetti (sometimes known as bigoli); 400 g/14 oz wholewheat spaghetti (sometimes known as bigoli); 2–3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley; 2 lemons; black pepper; 8 large fresh sardines

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Eagle Cookbook

By David Eyre

Published 2009

About

An elemental dish from the Deep South of Italy that requires a handful of the freshest ingredients. Sardines, fennel, parsley and lemon are a terrific bright combo that makes a good foil to the earthy wholewheat pasta.

Ingredients

8 large fresh sardines
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, chopp

Europe
Italy
Fish course
Pescatarian
Pasta
Mediterranean

Method

To clean and fillet the sardines, gently rub the scales off each fish under a running tap, then run your thumb down its back to loosen the flesh from the spine. Cut off the head and slice open the belly down to the tail with a small, sharp knife. Pull out the innards and then open out the fish by running your thumb down one side of the spine. Lift the spine away, starting at the head, then brea