I borrowed this recipe from the Vital Choice website. We are crazy about sardines at www.prostate.net for their omega 3 and anti-inflammatory benefits for prostate health. Whenever I am in Greece the locals fish for them right off the beach and cook them in olive oil and serve with ground pepper. They call them “small fish”. Back in the US I have sardines nearly everyday with pepper sauce on toast with avocado; a perfect carb/protein/fat mixture for prostate health.
Spaghetti with Sardines
1/2 lb spaghetti or angel hair pasta
Organic extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
Two 4.375 oz cans Sardines in EVOO or Organic Tomato
1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes
3 cloves garlic
Red pepper flakes organic cayenne pepper to taste
Sea salt and organic ground pepper o taste
Chopped parsley to taste
- Cook spaghetti or other pasta in salted boiling water according to package directions. Drain pasta, reserving one cup of the water. Rinse pasta in cool water, toss it in a bit of oil, and set aside, covered.
- Meanwhile, saut garlic in a generous amount of olive oil, and add cherry or grape tomatoes.
- Season lightly with salt and pepper and sprinkle with red pepper flakes.
- Add a small amount of the pasta cooking water and let simmer for a few minutes.
- Remove the whole sardine pieces from the can and drain out the olive oil (if using oil-packed sardines) or tomato sauce (if using sardines in tomato sauce), reserving it for the sauce. Chunk half of the sardines into the sauce and leave the rest for later.
- Toss the cooked pasta in the sauce. If more moisture is desired, add the reserved olive oil or tomato sauce from the sardine cans, or pasta water.
Transfer to the serving dish, and top with chunks of the remaining sardines. Garnish with more red pepper flakes and parsley flakes.
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Enjoy!
