Linguine with Sardines, Fennel & Tomato

Linguine with Sardines, Fennel & Tomato is a dairy free and pescatarian main course. For $2.34 per serving, this recipe covers 42% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 2 servings with 1062 calories, 44g of protein, and 25g of fat each. This recipe from Food52 requires bread crumbs, red chile flakes, canned tomatoes, and sea salt. 222 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns an excellent spoonacular score of 99%. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Fennel-Tomato Linguine, Pasta With Fennel, Sardines, And Pine Nuts, and Pasta with pine nuts, broccoli, sardines & fennel.

Servings: 2

 

Ingredients:

1/3 cup toasted bread crumbs

1 tin sardines packed in olive oil (about 4 ¼ oz.)

1 cup canned peeled tomatoes with their juice, gently crushed

2 ounces white (dry) vermouth

extra virgin olive oil

1 small or ½ large bulb fennel, fronds reserved

2-3 fat cloves of garlic, peeled, smashed, and roughly chopped

1 medium lemon, juice and zest

3/4 pound dry linguine

1/4 teaspoon red chile flakes, or more to taste

Kosher or sea salt

Equipment:

pot

frying pan

mandoline

tongs

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

Bring a very large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Open the sardine tin and drain a tablespoon or so of the oil into a wide skillet (the amount of oil in the tin will vary by brand, so add additional extra virgin olive oil if necessary to make up a tablespoon). Warm the oil over medium-low heat and add the garlic, cooking until fragrant. Trim the fennel and slice the bulb very thinly (a mandoline works great here). Add to the skillet with a sprinkle of salt, raise the heat to medium, and cook until the fennel is soft and beginning to caramelize. Add the chile flakes and let them sizzle for a minute, just until fragrant, then add the tomatoes with their juice. Cook until the liquid is reduced, then add the vermouth and let that reduce slightly. Add the sardines to the skillet with the tomato and fennel mixture, breaking up slightly but leaving some chunks. Zest the lemon and combine a tablespoon or so of zest with the toasted breadcrumbs, then set aside. Juice the lemon and add the juice to the pan. Taste and adjust salt if necessary. Add the linguine to the boiling salted water, cooking it until it is just short of al dente. Using tongs, transfer the linguine to the sauce to finish cooking, adding a little bit of the starchy pasta water and tossing gently to combine. (You'll want to leave this a little wet, as the breadcrumbs will soak up the sauce and dry the pasta out a bit once you've added them.) Transfer the pasta and sauce to a large warmed serving bowl (or individual pasta bowls), add a drizzle of olive oil, sprinkle on the toasted breadcrumb-lemon zest mixture, and garnish with picked small fennel fronds and the remaining lemon zest.

 

Step by step:


1. Bring a very large pot of heavily salted water to a boil.

2. Open the sardine tin and drain a tablespoon or so of the oil into a wide skillet (the amount of oil in the tin will vary by brand, so add additional extra virgin olive oil if necessary to make up a tablespoon). Warm the oil over medium-low heat and add the garlic, cooking until fragrant.

3. Trim the fennel and slice the bulb very thinly (a mandoline works great here).

4. Add to the skillet with a sprinkle of salt, raise the heat to medium, and cook until the fennel is soft and beginning to caramelize.

5. Add the chile flakes and let them sizzle for a minute, just until fragrant, then add the tomatoes with their juice. Cook until the liquid is reduced, then add the vermouth and let that reduce slightly.

6. Add the sardines to the skillet with the tomato and fennel mixture, breaking up slightly but leaving some chunks. Zest the lemon and combine a tablespoon or so of zest with the toasted breadcrumbs, then set aside. Juice the lemon and add the juice to the pan. Taste and adjust salt if necessary.

7. Add the linguine to the boiling salted water, cooking it until it is just short of al dente. Using tongs, transfer the linguine to the sauce to finish cooking, adding a little bit of the starchy pasta water and tossing gently to combine. (You'll want to leave this a little wet, as the breadcrumbs will soak up the sauce and dry the pasta out a bit once you've added them.)

8. Transfer the pasta and sauce to a large warmed serving bowl (or individual pasta bowls), add a drizzle of olive oil, sprinkle on the toasted breadcrumb-lemon zest mixture, and garnish with picked small fennel fronds and the remaining lemon zest.


Nutrition Information:

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1025k Calories
42g Protein
25g Total Fat
152g Carbs
71% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
1025k
51%

Fat
25g
39%

  Saturated Fat
3g
23%

Carbohydrates
152g
51%

  Sugar
11g
13%

Cholesterol
88mg
30%

Sodium
816mg
35%

Alcohol
2g
15%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
42g
85%

Selenium
146µg
209%

Manganese
2mg
104%

Vitamin B12
5µg
94%

Phosphorus
702mg
70%

Vitamin B3
8mg
45%

Copper
0.89mg
44%

Magnesium
148mg
37%

Iron
6mg
37%

Calcium
355mg
36%

Fiber
8g
35%

Vitamin E
5mg
34%

Vitamin B1
0.48mg
32%

Potassium
1049mg
30%

Vitamin B6
0.6mg
30%

Zinc
3mg
26%

Vitamin B2
0.39mg
23%

Vitamin C
17mg
22%

Vitamin D
3µg
20%

Folate
75µg
19%

Vitamin K
18µg
17%

Vitamin B5
1mg
16%

Vitamin A
402IU
8%

covered percent of daily need
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