Main meals
Seafood
Mediterranean
Sardine Tomato Pasta

4

10 mins

A speedy store-cupboard pasta with sardines, garlic, chilli and lemon in a rich tomato sauce. Tinned sardines are one of the easiest ways to add omega-3 to your week, and this dish is on the table in 30 minutes.

Ingredients
  • 300g wholewheat spaghetti (or lentil/chickpea pasta) 
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed (or ¾ tsp garlic granules)
  • 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 2 x 120g tins sardines in spring water, drained
  • 200g spinach, fresh or frozen
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • Small handful fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 tsp dried parsley)
  • ½ tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • ¼ tsp black pepper

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Needed kitchenware
Instructions

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Cook the pasta in a large pan of unsalted boiling water according to the pack instructions (10–12 minutes). Scoop out 100ml of the cooking water before draining.

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Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Cook the onion until soft (5–6 minutes).

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Add the garlic, chilli flakes and oregano, and cook until fragrant (about 1 minute).

4.

Stir in the tomatoes and purée, and simmer until thickened (8–10 minutes).

5.

Add the sardines, breaking them into chunks, then the spinach and lemon zest. Stir until the spinach has wilted and the sardines are heated through (2–3 minutes).

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Toss the pasta through the sauce with the lemon juice and enough of the reserved water to loosen it. Season with the pepper and scatter with parsley.

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Storage information

Best eaten fresh. Cool leftovers within 2 hours, then cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Reheat until steaming hot all the way through. Not suitable for freezing.

Tip

For low carb, swap the pasta for 4 courgettes cut into ribbons with a vegetable peeler, and stir a drained 400g tin of butter beans into the sauce.

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Gluten-free friendly
High protein
Kosher Friendly
Halal Friendly
Low fat
Balanced
Quick and easy (<30 mins total)
Budget-friendly
Family-friendly
Beginner

Abbi

Head Chef

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