Pasta con le sarde

Sicilian pasta dish with sardines, anchovies, and wild fennel.

Pasta con le sarde is a Sicilian pasta dish featuring sardines and anchovies, recognized as a traditional Italian food product under the PAT scheme. It is most associated with Palermo but found throughout Sicily. The dish uses olive oil, onions, pasta, wild fennel, saffron, pine nuts, raisins, and toasted breadcrumbs, with bucatini being the traditional pasta.