86 yr old Antonia from Sicily makes bucatini pasta with sardines! | Pasta Grannies

Antonia shares her version of 'pasta con le sarde' a classic pasta dish from Sicily. And friend Michelangelo entertains us with his singing. He also owns the salted anchovy factory you see at the start - check out www.balistrerigirolamo.it It make Antonia's recipe you will need: 500g bucatini pasta 1 chopped onion, a glug of olive oil to soften it in 300g of wild fennel fronds, with stalks; you will need to boil this like you would spinach. Or finely slice a fennel bulb and add it with the onion, along with half a teaspoon of ground fennel seeds. Use the fronds from the fennel bulb if you can. 40g raisons 1/2 teaspoon powdered saffron 12 sardines, filleted 150g fine white breadcrumbs, toasted then stirred with a teaspoon each of sugar and extra virgin olive oil.