Spaghetti Elsa Recipes

SPAGHETTI ALLA GRICIA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally.
• While pasta cooks, immediately heat a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add guanciale and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add 1 ladle of pasta cooking water, stir, and cover pan. As pasta cooks, add another ladle of cooking water to the pan with the guanciale to create a sauce.
• At about 10 minutes of pasta cooking time, reserve a cup of cooking water and drain pasta. Add spaghetti to the pan with the guanciale; toss, adding reserved cooking water if necessary. Turn off heat. Add 1/3 the Pecorino Romano cheese to the pasta and toss until creamy.
• Divide pasta between 4 plates. Top each with remaining Pecorino Romano cheese and black pepper. Serve immediately.

EASY SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, water and spaghetti; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until spaghetti is tender. Add process cheese; stir until melted. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

THE BEST AND EASIEST SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium skillet. Add chopped onions, and cook until tender. Add ground beef, and brown. Stir in salt and turmeric. Dilute tomato paste in water, and add to the beef mixture. Cook for 30 minutes over medium heat.
• Cook spaghetti in a large kettle of boiling salted water according to package directions. Drain well.
• Combine beef mixture and noodles in a large kettle. Cover, and cook over medium heat for 30 to 40 minutes.

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.

SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA: THE TRADITIONAL ITALIAN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add guanciale (see Cook's Note). Cook, turning occasionally, until evenly browned and crispy, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain on paper towels.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 9 minutes. Drain and return to the pot. Let cool, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk eggs, half of the Pecorino Romano cheese, and some black pepper in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Pour egg mixture over pasta, stirring quickly, until creamy and slightly cooled. Stir in guanciale. Top with remaining Pecorino Romano cheese and more black pepper.

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.

SPAGHETTI ELSA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add salt to the water and pasta. Cook to al dente.
• Heat a medium sauce pot over medium-low heat. Add olive oil, garlic and black pepper; cook 5 minutes, garlic will be soft and light golden. Add stock or wine and stir 30 seconds. Next, add tomatoes and sugar; combine. Season the sauce with salt, to taste, then stir in basil and reduce heat to low.
• When pasta is cooked, turn off the heat, drain the pasta then add it back to the still-hot pot. Add butter to spaghetti and toss to melt and coat. Add half the red sauce then work in about 1/4 cup cheese at a time as you toss to combine until all cheese is used.
• To serve, using tongs or a meat fork, swirl the pasta into buttery, cheesy mounds onto each plate. Top each portion with spoonfuls of remaining sauce. Top with a few turns of fresh ground pepper.