Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Spaghetti con oglio Il olio - Spaghetti with Garlic and chili oil basedsauce

Makes 2 servings.

Ingredient:
  • 250g Spaghetti, 
  • 2 cloves garlic, 
  • 2 dried chillies, 
  • olive oil, salt and pepper to season
  • 1 rasher bacon (optional)

Perpetration and Cooking process:
  1. Thinly slice garlic into wafer sized slices;
  2. Using scissors cut the chillies into thin rings;
  3. If adding bacon, slice into thin matchsticks;
  4. Mix desired amount of seasoning into a small bowl;
  5. boil water in large pot to make spaghetti, when boiling add 1-2 tsp of salt and then put in the spaghetti, to cook following the packs timing directions.
  6. When there's only about 3 minutes until the the pasta is 'al dente', bring about 3-4 Tbs of oil in a large pan on medium heat adding the garlic & bacon. Keep watch that the heat is not too high that the garlic blackens while stirring. Reserve a bowl of the spaghetti water and drain the pasta when it is done, and at the same time add the seasoning and the dry chilli to the fry pan. immediately 
  7. Pour in about half the pasta water to the fry-pan to emulsify the sauce. Immediately after raise the heat to high and toss in the drained spaghetti and toss in the sauce to coat evenly, adding splashes of more pasta water as needed. Serve with some nice crusty bread & pop on The Godfather trilogy. 

Enjoy!




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