Sicilian-style Anchovy Pasta with Brown Rice Casarecce, Fennel & Pine Nuts

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1/3 daily fibre New 6 plants Low sat fat

Sicilian-style Anchovy Pasta with Brown Rice Casarecce, Fennel & Pine Nuts

Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 25 mins
Cuisine: Italian
Food group: Fish

Get ready to be whisked off to the coast of Sicily with this vibrant pasta dish. Starring responsibly-sourced anchovies, perfectly balanced by sweet raisins and earthy fennel. Add pine nuts for the perfect crunch and nutty. Tenderstem broccoli for a pop of green. Brown rice casarecce soak up all the flavour. Finish with a generous sprinkle of cheesy, garlicky pangrattato. Buon appetito!

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Boil a half-full kettle
  • Pull out a medium frying pan, a medium saucepan, a sieve, a grater & a measuring jug

Toast the pangrattato

  • Finely chop or crush the garlic. Finely grate the cheese
  • Heat the medium frying pan with 1/2 tsp olive oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the half pack of pea crumb, half the garlic and half the cheese. Toast for 2-3 mins, tossing regularly. Remove from the pan and set aside. Season to taste

Start caramelising

  • Trim and thinly slice the fennel. Finely slice the onion
  • Reheat the medium frying pan with 1 tbsp olive oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the onion and fennel. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 8-10 mins, until soft and golden. Add a splash of water if the pan gets too dry

Finish the prep & boil the pasta

  • Meanwhile, add the stock and raisins to the measuring jug with 100ml boiling water (50ml for 1 person)
  • Deseed and finely dice the chilli. Trim the broccoli then cut into thirds. Zest and quarter the lemon
  • Bring the medium saucepan filled with salted hot water to the boil. Add the casarecce and simmer for 8-9 mins. Add the broccoli in the final 4-5 mins, then drain together

Build the flavour

  • Add the pine nuts, chilli (for those who'd like the heat) and remaining garlic to the fennel pan. Cook for 1-2 mins, then add the liquid from the half pack of anchovies and the stock mixture. Bring to a simmer, then toss in the pasta and broccoli. Season with salt and pepper
  • Squeeze in the juice from half the lemon and stir in the remaining cheese. Toss together. Add a splash more water if the sauce becomes too dry. Season to taste

Plate up

  • Share the pasta between bowls. Top with the anchovies and sprinkle over the pangrattato and lemon zest. Garnish with the remaining lemon, cut into wedges

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