1/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
500g fresh fusilli pasta
30g white raisins
10g pine nuts
32 fillets of sardine, cleaned
4 anchovy fillets in oil
2 bulbs of sweet herbs
2 cloves of garlic
To garnish
12 fried sardine fillets in olive oil
8 cooked and fried sweet herb leaves in butter
Salt and black pepper to taste
1/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
500g fresh fusilli pasta
30g white raisins
10g pine nuts
32 fillets of sardine, cleaned
4 anchovy fillets in oil
2 bulbs of sweet herbs
2 cloves of garlic
To garnish
12 fried sardine fillets in olive oil
8 cooked and fried sweet herb leaves in butter
Salt and black pepper to taste
1
Cook the sweet herbs whole in 5 liters of water with salt for one hour or until tender
Drain and reserve the cooking liquid (one cup for the sauce and the rest for cooking the pasta)
2
Cook the fusilli pasta in the reserved cooking liquid until al dente
3
Chop the sweet herbs and sauté them in olive oil with anchovy, sardine, and garlic cloves for five minutes, stirring
The sardine should be in chunks
4
Add one cup of the reserved cooking liquid and cook over low heat, covered, for five minutes
5
Add pine nuts and white raisins and cook for an additional five minutes
Remove the garlic and discard it
6
Combine the fusilli pasta with the sauce, mix well, and let it absorb the flavors for four minutes off the heat
7
Garnish each plate with three fillets of sardine seasoned with salt and black pepper, fried in olive oil, along with two cooked and fried sweet herb leaves in butter.