Spaghetti Ala Elsa Recipes

TRADITIONAL SPAGHETTI ALL'AMATRICIANA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onion until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add pancetta and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour in passata, water, and sugar; cook until sauce has thickened, 10 to 15 minutes
• Drain spaghetti and toss with sauce, remaining olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper.

SPAGHETTI ALLA PESCATORA

Steps:

• Wash all seafood well and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and saute lightly, about 30 seconds. Add clams, mussels, and 4 teaspoons parsley and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add calamari, shrimp, salt, and red pepper and cook for 2 minutes. Add wine, stir, and then let some of the liquid evaporate for 2 minutes. Add tomato sauce and remainder of parsley and stir well.
• While sauce is cooking, cook spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain pasta and add to pan with sauce. Toss well and serve immediately.

ENZO'S SPAGHETTI ALL'AMATRICIANA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add guanciale and cook, stirring frequently until slightly browned, about 7 minutes. Remove guanciale to a plate. Leave a bit of the rendered fat in the skillet and discard the rest.
• Add onion to the skillet and cook and stir until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and red pepper flakes; cook for 1 minute. Return guanciale to the skillet and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in white wine and cook until wine has reduced slightly, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in canned tomatoes, breaking up whole tomatoes with a spoon. Pour 1/3 cup water into the tomato can, swirl around to rinse the can, and pour into the skillet with remaining 2/3 cup water and tomato paste. Bring sauce to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 10 to 12 minutes. Ladle out about 1/2 cup of the pasta water, add to the sauce in the skillet, and mix well. Drain spaghetti and stir into the sauce until well combined.
• Sprinkle generous amounts of Pecorino Romano cheese over each serving, and garnish with basil.

SPAGHETTI ALA CELIA

Steps:

• Firstly fill a sauce pan with water and add a pinch of salt and a table spoon of oil to the water. This helps the spaghetti to not get stuck to each other and it helps the water not to boil over. Bring the water to the boil and add the spaghetti. Leave to cook on a medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes until the spaghetti has cooked. Drain the spaghetti and give it a rinse to remove any starch or oil. Put the spaghetti aside and then begin to prepare the sauce.
• First put the butter into a frying pan and heat it till all the butter has melted. Add the onions and cook until golden and soft. Once cooked put the onions into a separate bowl. Now add the bacon to the frying pan and cook until crispy.
• Once cooked add the bacon to the bowl of onions. You can now add the peppers rosemary and thyme to the frying pan and cook until done. Again add the peppers to the bowl of onions and bacon. Now place the chopped tomatoes, garlic and mushrooms to the frying pan and cook until the done. Add the onions, bacon and peppers back to the frying pan with the mushrooms, garlic and tomatoes.
• Add the water and wine, oxo cubes, Wooster sauce as well as the tomato puree. Season with the salt, paprika and pepper and simmer on a low heat until the sauce thickens. About 2 minutes before you take the sauce off of the stove add the basil.
• Once the sauce has thickened then mix the sauce in with the pasta and leave for 30 or 40 minutes. The longer you leave the sauce and spaghetti the stronger the flavour will be as the spaghetti absorbs all the flavours.
• Before serving heat up the Spaghetti dish and serve with a generous sprinkling of cheese and freshly chopped basil. This dish works beautifully with garlic bread and a glass on sparkling white wine. I find another great tip is to add chopped olives to this dish when you mix the sauce and pasta - this is completly optional.
• I will be adding a photo to this recipe soon as I do not have one yet.

PASTA ALLA NORMA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Trim the ends of the eggplant, then slice into ½-inch (1 ¼ cm) thick rounds. Lay the eggplant rounds on a paper towel and season generously on both sides with salt. Let rest for 10 minutes to draw out excess moisture. After 10 minutes, pat the eggplant rounds with a paper towel to remove the moisture.
• Heat a griddle pan over medium-high heat and grease with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, or your oil of choice. Grill the eggplant for about 2 minutes on each side, or until grill marks are formed. Set aside to cool, then cut into bite-size pieces.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the smashed garlic and cook until fragrant and lightly browned but not burnt, flipping as needed. Remove the garlic from the oil and set aside to cool, then mince.
• To the garlic oil, add the chopped tomatoes. Cook for 5-10 minutes, or until caramelized. Add the reserved tomato juice and simmer until reduced to a sauce-like consistency, 5-8 minutes.
• Add ½ teaspoon salt, the red pepper flakes, and the minced fried garlic. Stir well, reduce the heat to low, and simmer while you make the pasta.
• In a large pot of boiling water, cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and return to the pot.
• Pour the tomato sauce over the hot pasta. Add the eggplant, ricotta salata, and fresh basil. Toss until well combined.
• Serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

PASTA ALLA NORMA

Steps:

• Toss the aubergines with the salt, then tip into a colander set over a bowl for 30 mins, to extract any moisture.
• Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a casserole dish or saucepan. Tip in the onion and a pinch of salt, and cook over a low heat for 10 mins. Add the garlic and chilli, and cook for 1 min. Tip in the tomatoes and sugar, and bring to the simmer. Cook, uncovered, for 20 mins, stirring occasionally. Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7.
• Pat the aubergine dry with kitchen paper, then toss with the remaining oil. Spread out on a baking sheet and roast for 25-30 mins until softened and golden around the edges. Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions, reserving 100ml of the cooking water.
• Stir the aubergine into the sauce with the basil and capers. Season to taste, then toss the spaghetti in the pan with the sauce and a splash of the pasta water. Divide between four bowls and top with the ricotta and extra basil, if using.

SPAGHETTI ALA ELSA

Steps:

• Bring a lare pot of water to a boil.
• Salt the water and add pasta.
• Cook to al dente.
• Heat a medium sauce pan over medium low heat.
• Add extra virgin olive oil, garlic, and red pepper. Let cook for 5 minutes, garlic will be soft and light golden.
• Remove garlic.
• Add stock or wine and stir 30 seconds, add tomatoes and combine.
• Season the sauce with salt to taste, then stir basil in and reduce heat to low.
• When pasta is cooked, turn off the heat drain the pasta then add it back to the still hot deep pot.
• Add butter to spaghetti and toss to melt and coat.
• Add half the red sauce and all of the cheese, work in a handful at a time as you toss to combine.
• To serve, use tongs to swirl the pasta into buttery cheesy mounds to pile onto each plate.
• Top each portion with spoonfuls of remaining sauce.