Pasta With Anchovies: Pasta Con Le Alice

Serves: 4

Iva Padberg

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

49

Spice

53

Sweetness

45

Sourness

47

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3 tbsps

Olive Oil

2 tbsps

Currants

2 tbsps

Pine Nut

1 tsp

Sugar

1 tsp

Salt

1 tsp

Pepper

Directions:

1

In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the bucatoni

2

Separately, in a large saute pan, sweat the fennel and onions in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, cover and cook until almost translucent

3

When the pasta is almost ready (2 minutes from being cooked), mix in the chopped anchovies to the onion mixture

4

Cook until fish is warm, about 2 minutes

5

Remove from heat and stir in the saffron, currants, pine nuts, sugar, and salt and pepper

6

Add the remaining anchovies and garnish with chopped parsley and mint

7

Strain the pasta and stir in remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil

8

Stir in fennel-anchovy mixture

9

Season with salt and pepper