Spaghetti with Anchovies and Breadcrumbs

This is one of my favorite simple pasta dishes, it’s delicious, easy to prepare – and economical! Breadcrumbs on pasta are known as the poor man’s cheese; they are often used as a great substitute for cheese for lactose-sensitive individuals. They bring a nice crunch to the pasta and are quite popular in the southern regions of Italy, such as Sicily, Calabria, and Basilicata.

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[Music] pasta komolika aug sauce spaghetti with garlic and oil sauce and then just some toasted breadcrumbs on top. By the time that I make the sauce, the pasta will be cooked. And whenever you put pasta to cook, spaghetti especially, you notice how gently I didn’t pressure it in because I didn’t want it to break. We like our spaghetti long as Italians. And just salt, nothing else. No oil in the pasta water when you’re cooking spaghetti. So, I’m going to slowly let it fall in there. Now, it’s bending already. And we’ll let it perk away while we do the sauce. Now, in this case, we’re going to dress the pasta at the end with some breadrumbs. And take a day old bread. Just like that. the the hard part are just perfect for that. And let’s Okay, let’s Okay, so and I kind of like it a little bit uh coarse, so on top it really toasts nice. Just a little bit of oil. Let’s Okay, that’s going to be enough. And you can put a little bit of oregano here, but just like this, just plain toasted bread with oil. It’s a great dressing for pasta. Okay, let’s start with the sauce. And the sauce, garlic and oil and pepperonino. Three ingredients make a spectacular sauce. A little bit of olive oil, sliced garlic, some anchovies. Maybe I’ll cut them a little bit so they disintegrate. [Music] Little pepperonino here. Okay. [Music] You want the anchovies to break down, give all the flavor. The garlic just become golden. Let’s check on the bread crumbs. I think they’re nice and crunchy and toasty. I’ll shut them off and we’ll take some of that pasta water. Okay. Lots of parsley. And voila. At this point, the pasta as Italians like it al dente, but I undercook it even more so that I can finish cooking it in the sauce itself. I just fish it out like that. Especially spaghetti. And you know the old saying, when you throw your pasta to the wall and it sticks is done well because it has that little bit of starchiness that surrounds the pasta. That’s where the sauce adheres to. And we’ll let it finish cooking right in here. While the pasta is absorbing the sauce, I have a question. And the question is from Ashley W from Illinois. Ashley wants to know which pasta do you love cooking the most? And of course, I love spaghetti. Somehow spaghetti just I I love cooking it. I love eating it. It kind of absorbs all the sauce for me. When it’s in the plate, I see some of you with the knife cutting it. No, no, no. You got to roll your pasta on your fork and you kind of take the whole roll. And it’s the mouth sensation that that we really love in pasta al dente as Italians. Okay. And the pasta is finished. All right. So, here we are. Okay. [Music] And then we just top it with a little bit of breadrumbs. You know, pasta served like this with breadcrumbs is very typical of southern Italy. It’s actually called the poor man’s cheese. Especially if you go to Calabria, to Sicily, down that way. The pasta is served often with just the breadcrumbs and just a little bit like that and you serve it. You bring it to the table. The rest you put in a little bowl and just like cheese, you put it with this little teaspoon on the table and let them enjoy. So now I need a little taste in here. I’ll take a little bit from the side. Just like that. [Music] Okay. And let’s put some breadrumbs for me as well. So you see how I roll up. No spoon. Just like that. [Music] Delicious. Simple, clean, and delicious and easy to make. [Music]