Spaghetti with sardines - Pasta con le sardine

Dreaming of summer dishes?

You can also use canned sardines and tinned tomatoes if you don't have fresh ones.

Ingredients:

Serves 4

Olive oil

Garlic

red hot chilli peppers

1 tbsp of tomato puree'

400 g long shaped pasta ( spaghetti, linguine, etc)

250 g of cherry tomatoes

180 g fresh sardines or canned ones

half a glass of white wine

half a bunch of dill or parsley

1 tbsp of capers, black olives (optional)

pepper

salt

Method:

Fill a large pot with water and put it on the hob.

When the water is boiling add the pasta and cook it 'al dente' accordingly to the instructions on the packet .

In the meanwhile prepare the sauce, in a frying pan drizzle a generous amount of olive oil, 1 glove of garlic (or more if you like it more garlicky), a pinch of red hot chilli pepper, the tomato paste and let it infuse at low heat for a couple of minutes.

Wash and halve the cherry tomatoes, add them to the pan and let them cook for 10 mins .

Add the sardines at the very end, add the white wine and cook for about 5 min or until the fish is opaque and the alcohol evaporated, then adjust with salt and pepper and turn off the heat.

Chop finely the herbs of your choice and add it to the sauce.

When the pasta it's cooked add it into the sauce and let it combine for couple of minutes adding some of the starchy pasta water if necessary.

Buon appetito!