Ooh, chilis add a nice zing but my family is not a fan of the heat. It’s surprising how much the cooking time affects the intensity of the heat: five minutes is firey but fifteen minutes is much gentler.
DekeTheGoat
Pretty basic recipe, didn’t really follow one properly but just experimented a little and very happy with how it turned out.
1. Boil a pot of water and put in linguine (I used La Molisana so I could get a nice starchy water to use later) 2. Thinly slice 4-5 cloves of garlic and sautee in oil in a pan for a few minutes 3. Add 4 tbsp of tomato paste to the pan and heat until it breaks up and the oil becomes a reddish colour 4. Add 2 tbsp of Calabrian chilli paste (I had a jar of peperoncino tritato calabrese) into the pan, and heat until it breaks up 5. Add 1 1/2 cups of pasta water to the pan, to create more of a sauce 6. Strain your pasta and add directly to the pan 7. Add 1-2 tbsp of heavy cream to the pan, to create a creamy sauce (optional: add a squeeze of lemon or lime and some zest) 8. Add 2-3 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese and mix in 9. Serve and top with more grated parmesan and pepper
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Ooh, chilis add a nice zing but my family is not a fan of the heat. It’s surprising how much the cooking time affects the intensity of the heat: five minutes is firey but fifteen minutes is much gentler.
Pretty basic recipe, didn’t really follow one properly but just experimented a little and very happy with how it turned out.
1. Boil a pot of water and put in linguine (I used La Molisana so I could get a nice starchy water to use later)
2. Thinly slice 4-5 cloves of garlic and sautee in oil in a pan for a few minutes
3. Add 4 tbsp of tomato paste to the pan and heat until it breaks up and the oil becomes a reddish colour
4. Add 2 tbsp of Calabrian chilli paste (I had a jar of peperoncino tritato calabrese) into the pan, and heat until it breaks up
5. Add 1 1/2 cups of pasta water to the pan, to create more of a sauce
6. Strain your pasta and add directly to the pan
7. Add 1-2 tbsp of heavy cream to the pan, to create a creamy sauce (optional: add a squeeze of lemon or lime and some zest)
8. Add 2-3 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese and mix in
9. Serve and top with more grated parmesan and pepper
Really tasty and easy to make.