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Pasta con le sarde

Pasta con le sarde is a Sicilian pasta dish with sardines and anchovies. It is recognized as a traditional Italian food product in the prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali (PAT) scheme of the Italian government. It is most associated with the city of Palermo, but it can be found all over the island. The principal ingredients are olive oil, onions, pasta, and a finely chopped mixture of sardines and anchovy. Various types of pasta are used for the dish, but bucatini is traditional. Wild fennel, saffron, pine nuts, raisins, and salt are added to flavor the dish. To finish the dish it is topped with toasted breadcrumbs. Fresh sardines are preferable, but if these are not available canned sardines can be used. Wild fennel is plentiful in Sicily, but might be hard to find elsewhere; if unobtainable, the tops of ordinary fennel may be used instead.

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