Portuguese Style Sardine Pasta Recipes

PORTUGUESE STYLE SARDINE PASTA

Steps:

• Place a big frying pan over a medium heat, add the olive oil and a drizzle of the sardine oil. When hot, add the bell pepper and cook until slightly soft. Add the red onion and garlic and sauté for a further 2-3 minutes.
• Add the red onion and garlic and sauté for a further 2-3 minutes.
• Add the olives and let everything slowly fry until it reaches a softer texture.
• Move your ingredients to one side of the frying pan and if necessary add another splash of olive oil and lightly fry your cherry tomatoes and basil leaves.
• Once the skin of the tomatoes start wrinkling, combine it with the rest of the pan, and add our chilli pepper and the sardines, breaking it into smaller pieces.
• Add zests of one lemon and a splash of white wine or lemon juice to deglaze the pan and bring all those flavours together. Let it sizzle for another couple of minutes.
• While you wait, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. The recommended proportion is around 1lt of water per 100 grams of pasta.
• Once the pasta water is boiling, begin cooking your spaghetti. Following the recommended instructions. For "al dente" pasta, remove from the water a minute early to taste.
• Add the tomato paste and half of a cup of the pasta water into your sauce. Reduce the heat and let it simmer for 3-5 minutes. The starch from the pasta water will help our sauce to bond with the spaghetti. Try the sauce and check if you need to adjust the salt or add another splash of pasta water.
• Drain the pasta and add it immediately into the saucepan and gently combine everything.
• Serve the finished sardine pasta into two pasta bowls and add some freshly grated black pepper and parmesan cheese on top!

PASTA CON SARDE (PASTA WITH SARDINES)

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the spaghetti, and cook until al dente, or 8 to 10 minutes. Drain, and rinse under cold water. Toss with 1/4 cup olive oil, cover and keep warm.
• Place another 1/4 cup olive oil in a skillet, and heat over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook just until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the sardines, and cook 1 minute more. Stir in the bread crumbs and 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese. If necessary to give the mixture a crumbly texture, stir in the remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil. Stir in the parsley and pepper, and remove from the heat. If desired, serve with additional Parmesan cheese.

SARDINHAS A SETUBAL / PORTUGUESE BAKED SARDINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)
• Brush the fish with half of the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Use the rest of the olive oil to grease a shallow oven dish.
• Combine the tomatoes, onion, garlic, parsley, dill, a little more salt, pepper and the wine and spread evenly over the bottom of the oven dish. Place the sardines on top of the tomato mixture and spoon a little of the mixture over the sardines.
• Bake until fish is cooked (depends on the size of the sardines) between 10-20 minutes.
• Serve immediately.