Sardine and tomato spaghetti with golden crumbs

Name: Sardine and tomato spaghetti with golden crumbs
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 350g dried spaghetti; 5 tbsp olive oil; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 tsp chilli flakes; 400g tinned chopped tomatoes; 240g tinned sardines in olive oil, drained; 1 lemon, zest and juice; 40g breadcrumbs, from nut free bread; 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

Tinned sardines, sweet tomatoes and garlic oil under crunchy golden crumbs. Cheap, quick and full of flavour.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.13 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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350 gdried spaghetti
5 tbspolive oil
3garlic clovessliced
1 tspchilli flakes
400 gtinned chopped tomatoes
240 gtinned sardines in olive oildrained
1lemonzest and juice
40 gbreadcrumbsfrom nut free bread
2 tbspfresh parsleychopped

Method

1
Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Save a mugful of water, then drain.
10 min
2
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan. Toast the breadcrumbs for 3 minutes until golden and crisp. Tip out and set aside.
3 min
3
Heat the remaining oil in the pan. Cook the garlic and chilli for 1 minute, until fragrant but not brown.
4
Add the tomatoes and simmer for 8 minutes until thick.
8 min
5
Break the sardines into the sauce with the lemon zest and juice. Warm for 2 minutes.
2 min
6
Toss in the spaghetti with a splash of pasta water, then serve scattered with the crumbs and parsley.

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