Spaghetti all’Assassina

Directions

  1. 1Heat extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet with garlic and chili flakes.
  2. 2Heat extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet with garlic and chili flakes.
  3. 3Heat extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet with garlic and chili flakes.
  4. 4Add a few glugs of passata di pomodoro and simmer vigorously to reduce.
  5. 5Add a few glugs of passata di pomodoro and simmer vigorously to reduce.
  6. 6Add a few glugs of passata di pomodoro and simmer vigorously to reduce.
  7. 7Add dry spaghetti and top it with about a cup of broth made with tomato paste and water.
  8. 8Add dry spaghetti and top it with about a cup of broth made with tomato paste and water.
  9. 9Add dry spaghetti and top it with about a cup of broth made with tomato paste and water.
  10. 10Let the strands sit in the bubbling liquid to drink it up and start to soften.
  11. 11Let the strands sit in the bubbling liquid to drink it up and start to soften.
  12. 12Let the strands sit in the bubbling liquid to drink it up and start to soften.
  13. 13Then, ladle in more broth each time the pan threatens to dry out.
  14. 14Then, ladle in more broth each time the pan threatens to dry out.
  15. 15Then, ladle in more broth each time the pan threatens to dry out.
  16. 16Keep adding broth turning the spaghetti over and reducing the sauce until the strands are cooked through.
  17. 17Keep adding broth turning the spaghetti over and reducing the sauce until the strands are cooked through.
  18. 18Keep adding broth turning the spaghetti over and reducing the sauce until the strands are cooked through.
  19. 19Finally, increase the heat so the pasta at the bottom of the pan crisps, caramelizes, and scorches.
  20. 20Finally, increase the heat so the pasta at the bottom of the pan crisps, caramelizes, and scorches.
  21. 21Finally, increase the heat so the pasta at the bottom of the pan crisps, caramelizes, and scorches.
  22. 22Pull the spaghetti from the stove, twirl it onto a plate, and adorn the deliciously, deeply satisfying tangle with a drizzle of your very best extra virgin olive oil.
  23. 23Pull the spaghetti from the stove, twirl it onto a plate, and adorn the deliciously, deeply satisfying tangle with a drizzle of your very best extra virgin olive oil.
  24. 24Pull the spaghetti from the stove, twirl it onto a plate, and adorn the deliciously, deeply satisfying tangle with a drizzle of your very best extra virgin olive oil.

Ingredients

  • 0 extra virgin olive oil
  • 0 extra virgin olive oil
  • 0 extra virgin olive oil
  • 0 garlic
  • 0 garlic
  • 0 garlic
  • 0 chili flakes
  • 0 chili flakes
  • 0 chili flakes
  • 0 passata di pomodoro
  • 0 passata di pomodoro
  • 0 passata di pomodoro
  • 0 dry spaghetti
  • 0 dry spaghetti
  • 0 dry spaghetti
  • 1 cup broth made with tomato paste and water
  • 1 cup broth made with tomato paste and water
  • 1 cup broth made with tomato paste and water

Equipment

large skillet