Spaghetti all'Assassina

Name: Spaghetti all'Assassina
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 150g spaghetti; 50ml tomato sauce; 50g tomato paste; 1l water; 1tbsp chilli flakes; 2 garlic cloves; 2tbsp olive oil; Salt

20m

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“"Assassins' Spaghetti" is a typical Italian recipe from Bari, Puglia. Cooked in an odd way (no boiling necessary) it has strong flavours and a stronger character.”

— Mattia’s Table

🇮🇹 Italian

🌿 Vegetarian

Ingredients

Serves 1

150g spaghetti 50ml tomato sauce 50g tomato paste 1l water 1tbsp chilli flakes 2 garlic cloves 2tbsp olive oil Salt

Method

Step 1

Start by making the tomato broth. In the water mix the tomato paste well and bring it to a simmer on medium heat. Once it gets there, take it off the heat and your broth is ready

Step 2

In a pan (stainless steel or iron, not nonstick) add the olive oil, one chopped and one whole garlic clove, the chili flakes and the tomato sauce (all on medium heat). After a couple of minutes add the spaghetti directly into the pan and let them stick to the bottom to form a crust

Step 3

Turn the spaghetti around and slowly start adding the broth, cooking on medium-low for about 15 minutes (depending on the pasta) and there you go! Buon appetito