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Spaghetti Pantesca
Serves 4
Easy
Total time:
A delicious pasta dish which is made with almonds. Sounds a bit odd but it really is good. The almonds give the dish a great texture.
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- 8 medium sized tomatoes or 24 cherry tomatoes
- 50g whole unblanched almonds(skin on)
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1/2 red chilli, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp parsley, chopped
- pinch of salt
- 100ml extra virgin olive oil
- 400g spaghetti
- 50g pecorino or 25g parmesan
Method
step 1
Put the tomatoes under a hot grill until they become soft but not brown.step 2
Skin them if desired then set aside.step 3
Blanch the almonds in boiling water for 2 mins, peel off skins and chop coarsely.step 4
Chop the grilled tomatoes and put in a bowl with garlic, chilli, almonds, parsley, salt and olive oil. Mix well.step 5
Cook the spaghetti until al dente then drain and mix with three quarters of the tomato sauce. Save a little sauce to spoon over the top. Sprinkle with pecorino/parmesan.step 6
Tip!step 7
To make this even easier you can use skinned, flaked almonds instead.
