Recipe for intentionally burnt pasta from @cooksillustrated
The creator explains and demonstrates how to make Spaghetti All'Assassina, a unique Italian pasta dish that is intentionally crisped and charred in the pan. They guide the viewer through each step, from creating the spicy tomato sauce base to cooking the dry pasta directly in the pan using a risotto-like method, and finally, scorching the bottom layer before plating and finishing with olive oil.
Creator: @cooksillustrated on Instagram
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Baghetti tier assassina, the pasta dish you burn on purpose. Hailing from Bari, Italy, assassina is simmered then crisped and charred. The pasta is soft and tender in some spots rank caramelized and crunchy in others, and it's all coated in a super concentrated and spicy tomato sauce. Here's how you make it. Heat extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet with garlic and chili flakes. Add a few glugs of passata di pomodoro and simmer vigorously to reduce. Add dry spaghetti and top it with about a cup of broth made with tomato paste and water. Let the strands sit in the bubbling liquid to drink it up and start to soften. Then, ladle in more broth each time the pan threatens to dry out. It's like risotto tura, the method used for making risotto. Keep adding better, turning the spaghetti over and reducing the sauce until the strands are cooked through. Finally, increase the heat no the pasta at the bottom of the pan crisps, caramelizes, and scorches. Pull 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. Ciao.
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