spaghettoni pizzati
spaghettoni pizzati
Why choose between pizza and pasta when you could have both? Here’s a really simple pasta loaded with classic pizza flavours - sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella, blacka olives, capers and anchovies. I actually prefer this to recipes like ‘Aglio, Olio Peperoncino’ or ‘Spaghetti alla Carrettiera’ - but you do need to have more ingredients ready in the cupboard/fridge!
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO DO
(scroll down for the full method)
prepare and chop ingredients
fry the olives, capers, tomatoes
boil the pasta
plate and add anchovies and mozzarella
spaghettoni pizzati
INGREDIENTS
FOR FOUR PEOPLE
• Capers to taste
• Sun-dried tomatoes in oil, to taste
• 2 anchovy fillets
• 1 large handful kalamata olives
• 1 mozzarella ball
PASTA
400g (14oz) dry dry spaghetti / spaghettoni
(Astorino)
MANTECATURA
light
METHOD
Begin by putting the water on to boil for the pasta, then chopping the olives, tomatoes and capers. Throw all of these into a non-stick pan on a medium heat and let them sizzle and begin to take on a bit of colour - but don’t burn them!
Chop the anchovies into small pieces about 5mm long too but don’t add it to the other ingredients, save it as an additional garnish for when you plate.
Boil the pasta and just as it begins to pass ‘al dente’ and get a little chewy all the way through, fish it out of the cooking water and transfer to a pasta tossing pan, with half a ladle of cooking water. Toss and do a little ‘mantecatura’ to give the pasta a starchy glaze (notice I’ve said ‘glaze’ and not ‘sauce!). Add the tomatoes, capers and olives and toss again, adding small amounts of cooking water if you need to.
Season and then plate each portion, adding the anchovies and pieces of mozzarella that you’ve torn by hand, to each portion.
NB Don’t be tempted to add the mozarella with all the other ingredients - it may melt and clump together in a big ball!
Serve immediately with a drizzle of EVO, grated pecorino and black or cayenne pepper.
NUTRITION per serving
KCAL: we're working on it!
Fat (g): TBC
Sat Fat (g): TBC
Carb (g): TBC
Sug (g): TBC
Fibre(g): TBC
Prot (g): TBC
Salt (g): TBC
Nutritional information is provided as an indication only of approximate values for the recipe on this page. You should make your own calculations if you have specific dietry requirements or are required to follow a strict calorie-controlled diet.
