Pasta with Sardines | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lb. cleaned fresh sardine filets (about 50)
• Semolina flour, for dredging
• 1 cup olive oil
• 2 medium fennel bulbs, finely chopped, fronds reserved
• 2 medium yellow onions, finely chopped
• 3 tbsp. tomato paste
• 6 oil-packed anchovy filets, drained and finely chopped
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 3 tbsp. dried currants
• 3 tbsp. pine nuts
• 1 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
• 1⁄4 tsp. saffron
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 lb. spaghetti