Sardine Pasta Bolognese Recipe
This delicious Bolognese-style sardine pasta dish uses canned fish as the base for a rich and boldly flavoured sauce that is just as good on toast as it is stirred through some rigatoni!
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 787kcal
Ingredients
- 175 g Tinned Sardines in Oil 6oz drained weight, or 2x120g tins
- 375 ml Red Wine ½ Bottle
- 1 Small-Medium Echalion or Banana Shallot 35g
- 1 Garlic Clove
- ½ Stalk Celery 25g
- 1 Large Tomato 250g
- 100 g Sundried Tomatoes in Olive Oil ½ Cup
- ½ tablespoon Oil from Tined Sardines
- ½ tablespoon Oil from Sundried Tomatoes in Olive Oil
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 175 g Dried Pasta 6oz
Instructions
- Heat a small (15cm or 6") saucepan over a high heat and add the red wine, and reduce it to around 100ml or just under ½ a cup. This will take around 15 minutes.
- Drain the sardines from the oil, preserving ½ a tablespoon of the oil.
- Peel and dice the shallot as finely as you can.
- Peel the garlic and dice it as finely as you can.
- Dice the celery as finely as you can.
- Cut the tomato into a 1cm (1½") dice.
- Cut the sundried tomatoes into a 5-7mm (¼") dice. Preserving ½ a tablespoon of the oil.
- Heat a medium (28cm or 11") frying pan over a medium heat and add the oils from the tomatoes and sardines. Add the shallots and celery and soften for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. If they begin to colour, turn the heat down a little.
- Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
- Add the tomatoes, salt and sun-dried tomatoes, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 10 minutes or until the fresh tomatoes have had the moisture almost all cooked away.
- Pour in the reduced wine, add the sardines and mash the fish with the back of a fork. Cook the ragu on low for as long as it takes to cook the pasta.
- Cook the pasta in a 20cm (8") pan of well-salted water. I use 1½ teaspoons in a pan this size.
- Drain the pasta, reserving 75ml (⅓ Cup) of the cooking liquid and add the pasta to the ragu. Stir in as much cooking liquid as needed to form a nice sauce and serve.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 787kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 178mg | Sodium: 755mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 26g
