Portuguese Sardine Pasta
A bit of the Portuguese love for sardines into a pasta dish.
Portugal loves its sardines. A lot of times these are cooked very plainly - with only a bit of salt on top and cooked on the grill - and despite their simplicity they taste amazing.
Other times sardines are eaten from a can - a process that has deep roots in Portugal, stretching as far back as the second part of the 1800s.
While I adore grilled sardines (it's something that we use to have in Romania during summer months), I was not sure that I'll find fresh sardines (I was wrong btw) and, while I was doing my research, another recipe caught my attention so, instead, I committed to making Pasta with caned sardines, cherry tomatoes and olives instead. To be honest, as finger-licking good as they may be, "Sardines with salt on top" is also not much of a recipe - so that also played a role in my decision.
I chose Farfalle for my dish (because how can you not love pasta that looks like a bow), however you can choose any type of pasta that speaks to you.
I adapted the recipe from travelportugal and played with proportions to ensure that servings have a good protein to pasta ratio.
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Bom appetite!