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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook penne al'arrabiata (pasta with a spicy tomato sauce) using 23 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Penne al'arrabiata (pasta with a spicy tomato sauce):
- Take For the Arrabiata sauce:
- Get 1 1/2 tablespoons soft unsalted butter (optional)
- Get 2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare 2 medium onions, 1 grated, 1 finely diced
- Prepare Pinch dry Thyme
- Make ready Pinch dry Basil
- Take 1/2-1 teaspoon dry chilli flakes (add as much or as little depending on preference)
- Get 1 clove garlic, sliced into thin pieces or finely minced (depending on preference)
- Prepare 5 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
- Take 1 can tin chopped tomato
- Get 1 cup water
- Get To taste salt and black pepper
- Get 1 teaspoon granulated sugar (or any white sugar)
- Get 1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce (add more or less depending on preference)
- Take 4 tablespoons pasta water (add more or less depending on preference)
- Take Drizzle of olive oil
- Make ready For cooking the pasta:
- Take 220 g Penne Pasta
- Get 6-7 cups water (cooking the pasta)
- Get 1-2 teaspoons sea salt (water should be as salty as the sea)
- Take For garnish:
- Take Parmesan cheese, finely grated
- Make ready 2 fresh basil leaves (optional)
While the sauce is cooking, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Reserve ¼ cup of the pasta water. The art of the tomato pasta sauce is distilled beautifully in this simple classic - a fiery delight to serve with penne. Penne all'arrabbiata - penne with spicy tomato sauce.
Steps to make Penne al'arrabiata (pasta with a spicy tomato sauce):
- In a pot on medium high heat, bring water to a boil. Once the water has boiled, add the salt and pasta. Cook the pasta for approximately 14 minutes (or until cooked).
- In the meantime while the pasta cooks, grate one onion and dice the other one. Thinly slice the garlic.
- On medium heat in a large pan or wok, add the butter and let it melt (if using, optional otherwise miss butter step out and jump to *olive oil). When butter has almost dissolved, add the extra virgin olive oil. If not using butter add *more extra virgin oil. Stir to incorporate the butter and olive oil together for about 30 seconds.
- Add the grated onions to the pan and stir. Add a pinch of thyme and basil to the pan and mix together to release flavours of herbs. Now add chilli flakes and stir together well.
- Add the diced onions and sauté until soft and translucent. Now add the garlic and stir. If using cherry tomatoes, add it now. Cook until tomatoes are soft and bursting in the pan.
- Now add the tinned tomatoes, water and season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir thoroughly until well incorporated. Add sugar and Tabasco and mix well. Let the sauce continue to simmer on high heat.
- Once the sauce has thickened and reduced turn heat down to very low for another 5 minutes. Taste the sauce and adjust if needed (add more salt, pepper, sugar depending on preference). Now go back to the pasta. Taste and see pasta is to desired texture. It should be served al dente, or chewy.
- With a slotted spoon incorporate the penne into the sauce, add a ladle of the pasta liquid (to help loosen the pasta), drizzle with olive oil and season with black pepper (optional). Thoroughly mix and coat all of pasta and sauce together.
- Transfer the pasta onto a serving bowl and grate parmesan cheese over the top. Add 2 basil leaves (if adding, optional) on top as garnish. Serve and eat immediately while hot.
Penne Arrabbiata, is a simple spicy Italian Pasta dish. A few ingredients and spices makes this quick and easy Recipe the perfect weekday go to. One of our favourite Italian dishes are naturally Pasta. I love making a few quick and easy Recipes such as the Classic Carbonara and A Fresh Homemade Tomato Sauce. Toss with penne and fresh parsley to serve.
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