Bucatini With Golden Raisins, Fennel And Pine Nuts

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	40g / 1.4oz	Golden raisins
3 tablespoons	45ml	Olive oil
1		Garlic clove - minced
4		Anchovy filets - minced
1 teaspoon	5ml	Fennel seeds
6 tablespoons	90ml	Minced parsley
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Bucatini - see * Note
		Salt - to taste
1/4 cup	59ml	Toasted pine nuts

Recipe Instructions

* Note: Bucatini, also known as perciatelli, is a long dried pasta that is shaped like a thick spaghetti with a tiny hole in the center. Spaghetti can also be used.

Cover the raisins with hot water and let soften 15 to 20 minutes.

Warm the olive oil, garlic, anchovies and fennel seeds in a skillet over medium-low heat. After about 5 minutes, the garlic and anchovies will begin to melt into a fairly smooth paste. Add the parsley and keep the mixture warm, but do not let the garlic scorch.

Cook the bucatini in plenty of rapidly boiling, salted water until it is tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the bucatini, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water, and add the noodles to the skillet with the sauce. Drain the raisins and add to the skillet.

Increase the heat to high and add the reserved pasta cooking water. Cook, stirring the mixture together, until most of the water has evaporated and the sauce clings to the noodles, about 3 minutes. Stir in the pine nuts. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Each of 6 servings: 225 calories; 151 mg. sodium; 2 mg. cholesterol; 11 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 28 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams protein; 2.04 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 10-30-2002

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