Pasta With Anchovies Pasta Canciova E Muddica Recipes

PASTA WITH ANCHOVIES (PASTA C'ANCIOVA E MUDDICA)

Steps:

• Slice the bread.
• Remove the crust.
• Using a cook knife, chop the bread to make breadcrumbs. The aim is to obtain roughly chopped breadcrumbs, of uneven size and shape. This will give the dish its final rustic appeal! (do not use the food processor).
• After 5 minutes chopping, your breadcrumbs should be, more or less, like this.The preparation of the anchovy sauce is very quick so I suggest you fill, just now, a large pan with approximately 4 litres (1 gallon + 5/8 cup) of water and add salt (10 g for each litre of water - 1/3 ounce for every 4 1/8 cups of water). While you are bringing the water to the boil, do as follows.
• Cut the anchovy fillets in small pieces, crush the garlic with the large blade of a knife, roughly chop the parsley and cut the chilli into rings (discarding the seeds).
• To prepare the sauce, take a large sauce pan and gently infuse the oil with the garlic (crushed), on low heat, until the garlic become golden in colour. Tilting the pan will allow you to better infuse the oil and it is less likely that the garlic become burned.
• When the garlic is golden in colour, remove it from the pan and discard the garlic.
• Meanwhile the water to boil the pasta should be ready (fast boiling). Quickly throw the pasta into the pan and carry on with the anchovy sauce. From here, check your time because you will have roughly 10 minutes to complete the sauce.
• Add the anchovy into the sauce pan.
• Stir to help in dissolving the anchovy. The low heat will give you time to break down the anchovy without the risk of burning it. This process should take less than two minutes.
• When the anchovy is dissolved, add the chilli.
• Stir and sweat the chilli for a minute or two (still on low heat).
• Add the parsley.
• Stir for few seconds and reserve the sauce into a glass bowl.
• Set the bowl aside, just for few minutes.
• We are left with the sauce pan empty. Bring the pan to medium/medium-high heat.
• Add the breadcrumbs into the sauce pan.
• Toast the breadcrumbs until slightly brown. The process should take about two or three minutes. When the breadcrumbs are toasted, remove the pan from the heat.
• Meanwhile, the pasta should be ready (cooked al dente). Drain the pasta and return it back into the large pan you used to boil it.
• Add the sauce, you have previously set aside, to the pasta.
• Add the breadcrumbs to the pasta and give the pasta a big stir. However, keep some breadcrumbs (a scant tablespoon for each plate) for the final garnish.
• Here is the final dish.

MIDNIGHT PASTA WITH GARLIC, ANCHOVY, CAPERS AND RED PEPPER

Steps:

• Put the spaghetti in a large pot of well-salted rapidly boiling water and cook only until firmly al dente. (Depending on the brand of pasta, this will be 8 to 10 minutes, but check frequently to see. )
• While the pasta is cooking, warm the olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for about 1 minute, without letting it brown. Stir in the anchovies, capers and red pepper and cook for a half-minute more, then turn off the heat.
• Drain the pasta and return it to the pot. Pour in the garlic mixture, add the parsley, if using, and toss well to coat. Serve with grated Parmesan if desired.

MIDNIGHT PASTA WITH ANCHOVIES, GARLIC AND TOMATO

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Add pasta and cook, according to package directions, until about 2 minutes shy of al dente so the pasta can finish cooking in the sauce. It should still have a slight crunch in the center. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta.
• While the pasta is cooking, in a large skillet, combine the oil, garlic, anchovies (if using), red-pepper flakes and pinch of salt over low heat. Cook until garlic is opaque and a few of the slices are pale gold at the edges (don't let the garlic turn brown), 2 to 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook until it darkens, about 1 minute longer.
• Add the drained pasta, lemon zest and 1/3 cup of the reserved pasta water to skillet. Stir until the pasta is al dente and well coated with sauce. Add more pasta water, if needed, until the sauce is glossy and the pasta cooked to taste.
• Cut the zested lemon half in half (so you'll have a quarter of a lemon) and squeeze some juice into pasta. Stir in herbs and taste, adding more lemon juice and salt, if needed. Cut remaining lemon into wedges and serve it alongside the pasta, which should be garnished with more herbs and red-pepper flakes, a drizzle of oil and a generous sprinkle of cheese, if you like.

PASTA WITH 15-MINUTE GARLIC, OIL, AND ANCHOVY SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook spaghettini in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente; drain, reserving 3 Tbsp. pasta cooking liquid.
• Meanwhile, cook anchovies, garlic, red pepper flakes, 1 cup oil, and a pinch of salt in a large skillet over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until anchovies dissolve and garlic is tender, 6-7 minutes (do not brown). Stir in parsley, then remove from heat.
• While anchovy sauce is cooking, heat remaining 3 Tbsp. oil in a small skillet over medium. Add panko and cook, stirring often, until golden, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then transfer to paper towels to cool.
• Return pasta to pot. Stir in reserved pasta cooking liquid, then anchovy sauce and half of the panko mixture. Cook over medium, stirring constantly, until heated through, 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Serve topped with Parmesan and remaining panko mixture.