Pasta con le Sarde in Palermo

Lunch & Dinner · Must Try

Bucatini with fresh sardines, wild fennel, pine nuts, raisins, saffron, and breadcrumbs.

Pronunciation: PAH-stah kon leh SAR-deh

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What it is

Bucatini with fresh sardines, wild fennel, pine nuts, raisins, saffron, and breadcrumbs.

Taste translation

If you like seafood pasta with sweet-and-savory contrasts — this is Sicily’s most poetic dish.

Zen's note

Sweet raisins, salty sardines, fennel, saffron — it shouldn’t work, but it’s magic. This is the dish that defines Sicilian cuisine.

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