The basic recipe:
1 (10-12 oz) pkg Angel hair pasta
1 15-oz can sardines in tomato sauce
1) Put a pot of water on to come to a boil
2) Open the can of sardines - remove the sardoies to a plate and reserve the sauce.
3) Fillet the sardines, discard the bones, and cut the fillets into 3-4 pieces.
4) When the water comes to a boil - put the pasta on to cook
5) Heat the sardines and reserved sauce in a 10-12 inch saute pan over low heat - do not burn
6) Add 1/4 cup pasta water to the sardines and sauce, add the pasta and mix with the sardines and sauce.
Serves: 2
Cost: about $2.50
Gussy it up:
1/2 cup diced onion
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
2 Tbs olive oil
Follow the above instructions ... except in step 5:
Saute the onions in the olive oil, then add the sardines and canned tomatoes sauce, and the 8-oz can of tomato sauce.
This adds about $0.75 - $1 to the recipe.
You can also:
add some sliced mushrooms - saute them with the onion
add some minced garlic
ALTERNATIVE TO PASTA:
Also works served over cooked rice - just thin the sauce a little.
1 (10-12 oz) pkg Angel hair pasta
1 15-oz can sardines in tomato sauce
1) Put a pot of water on to come to a boil
2) Open the can of sardines - remove the sardoies to a plate and reserve the sauce.
3) Fillet the sardines, discard the bones, and cut the fillets into 3-4 pieces.
4) When the water comes to a boil - put the pasta on to cook
5) Heat the sardines and reserved sauce in a 10-12 inch saute pan over low heat - do not burn
6) Add 1/4 cup pasta water to the sardines and sauce, add the pasta and mix with the sardines and sauce.
Serves: 2
Cost: about $2.50
Gussy it up:
1/2 cup diced onion
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
2 Tbs olive oil
Follow the above instructions ... except in step 5:
Saute the onions in the olive oil, then add the sardines and canned tomatoes sauce, and the 8-oz can of tomato sauce.
This adds about $0.75 - $1 to the recipe.
You can also:
add some sliced mushrooms - saute them with the onion
add some minced garlic
ALTERNATIVE TO PASTA:
Also works served over cooked rice - just thin the sauce a little.