Spaghetti Amongst Sardines, Asparagus As Well As Capers

Ingredients:

1/2 loving cup breadcrumbs
1 onion, sliced into one-half moons
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb asparagus, cutting into bite-sized pieces
2-3 tablespoons nonpareil capers
2 4.4-oz canned sardines inward oil, drained
juice together with zest of 1 lemon
3/4 lb spaghetti
2/3 (loose) loving cup coarsely chopped Italian parsley
Parmesan for sprinkling
olive oil
tabular array salt
freshly basis dark pepper


Directions:

Cook spaghetti according to bundle instructions.

In a large skillet, toast the breadstuff crumbs until golden brown. Set aside. Heat approximately olive petroleum inward the pan. Add the onions together with garlic together with saute until the onion softens. Add the asparagus, capers, together with sardines. Saute, breaking upwardly the sardines amongst the dorsum of the spoon until the onions are fully cooked. Stir inward the cooked, drained spaghetti, lemon juice, zest, salt, pepper, together with parsley. Toss inward breadstuff crumbs. Divide over iv plates together with sprinkle amongst parmesan. Serve immediately.

My thoughts:

One of the best things close our trip to Portugal a few years agone was actually exploring the basis of tinned seafood. We went to 2 dissimilar restaurants that specialized inward recipes using tinned seafood inward interesting ways together with a shop that solely sold canned seafood. It was together with thus much fun!

Luckily, all sorts of canned together with preserved seafood are available hither inward the US. Even the non together with thus fancy supermarket had 10 dissimilar varieties together with brands of sardines. Not to mention, tuna, anchovies, herring, fifty-fifty octopus!

It's slow to build a repast strictly from the pantry using sardines merely since it's leap (despite existence the 40s!! this week) I added approximately in-season asparagus together with tons of parsley for a lighter, fresher dish. It was together with thus good! Filling without existence heavy together with although sardines are a fishier smelling fish, the dish is surprisingly non pungent. The toasty breadstuff crumbs together with parm add together a swell depth of flavor equally well. H5N1 genuinely satisfying weeknight meal.