Spaghetti Livornese Food

SPAGHETTI LIVORNESE

Steps:

• Clean the mussels and clams. In a covered pot, heat 1 garlic clove sliced in half in drizzle of oil for 2 minutes, add the mussels and allow to open. Place the clams in two separate covered pots with a drizzle of oil over low heat and allow to open.
• Remove the shells from the clams and mussels. Place them in a bowl with enough filtered cooking water to keep them wet. Set the rest of the cooking water aside.
• Set aside a few of the best-looking clams and mussels for garnish and mince the remainder. Mix well.
• Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until it starts to soften. Meanwhile, In a large pot boil some of the filtered shellfish water. Add the just softened spaghetti and cook like a risotto, adding the remaining seafood cooking water in small increments until the spaghetti is al dente. Finally, add the minced mussels and clams.
• Peel and grate a small piece of ginger. Squeeze the pulp to get 1 Tbsp. juice and add this to the pasta.
• Complete the pasta with slices of mullet roe and grated lime zest. Serve immediately, garnished with the reserved clams and mussels.

FARFALLE LIVORNESE

Steps:

• Heat large covered saucepot of salted water to boiling on high. Add pasta and cook as label directs, adding green beans to saucepot 2 minutes before pasta is done.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle tuna with 1/4 teaspoon salt to season both sides. In 12-inch skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil on medium-high until hot. Add tuna and cook 2 minutes on each side. Reduce heat to medium; cover skillet and cook 5 to 8 minutes longer or until tuna is almost opaque throughout, turning over once halfway through cooking. Transfer tuna to plate.
• To same skillet, add remaining 1 teaspoon oil. Reduce heat to medium; add onion and garlic, and cook 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned and tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in tomatoes, capers, lemon peel, and crushed red pepper; heat to boiling on medium-high. Boil 1 minute. While vegetables are cooking, with 2 forks, flake tuna into bite-size pieces.
• Reserve 1/4 cup pasta cooking water. Drain pasta and green beans, and return to saucepot; stir in vegetable mixture from skillet, flaked tuna, chopped parsley, and reserved pasta cooking water, and toss to coat. Transfer to warm bowls, and garnish each serving with caper berries if you like.

MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large (12-inch) skillet. Add the onion and saute over medium heat until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the wine and cook on high heat, scraping up all the brown bits in the pan, until almost all the liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, parsley, salt, and pepper. Cover, and simmer on the lowest heat for 15 minutes.

EASY PASTA PUTTANESCA RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large, deep pan, heat a good ¼ cup or so extra virgin olive oil. Warm the oil over medium heat and add the anchovy fillets and red pepper flakes. Cook for about 2 minutes or so, tossing the anchovies around (they will somewhat melt into the oil infusing it with flavor).
• Add the garlic and cook for a brief 30 seconds until fragrant, then add the tomatoes, ½ of the olives and capers, and the dried oregano. Bring the mixture to a simmer, while using your cooking utensil to break up the tomatoes.
• Lower the heat and cover the pan part-way. Allow the sauce to cook for a good 20 to 30 minutes or until thickened to your liking.
• While the sauce is cooking, cook the pasta in boiling salted water to al dente, according to package instructions (mine took about 9 minutes).
• When the pasta is ready, transfer it to the pan with the sauce and toss well. If you need to, add a little of the pasta cooking water. Taste and adjust the salt, if needed.
• Garnish with the remaining olives and capers and fresh parsley. Serve!

LEFT OVER SPAGHETTI LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in spaghetti and return to a boil. Cook until pasta is tender but still slightly firm, about 10 minutes. Drain well.
• Transfer spaghetti to a large bowl and toss with spaghetti sauce until well combined.
• Mix cottage cheese and sour cream in a bowl.
• Spread half the spaghetti with sauce into the prepared baking dish.
• Spread the cottage cheese mixture evenly over the spaghetti.
• Place the remaining spaghetti and sauce in an even layer over the cottage cheese mixture; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and the cheese is browned, 30 to 40 minutes.

CLASSIC SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Heat 1½ tbsp oil in a large pan or flameproof casserole dish over a low-medium heat. Add the onion, celery and carrots with a pinch of salt. Cook for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until softened but not coloured. Transfer to a plate using a slotted spoon.
• Pour the remaining oil into the pan, increase the heat and tip in the pancetta. Cook for 3-4 mins until golden. Add the mince and chicken livers, and cook for a further 5 mins until browned, breaking down the mince with the back of a wooden spoon.
• Return the vegetables to the pan and add the bay leaf and tomato purée. Cook for a 1 min more and mix well. Pour in the wine and reduce by half. Add the stock and passata with some seasoning and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to medium and let the sauce bubble away for 35-40 mins, stirring occasionally, until reduced by half and you are left with a thick ragu.
• Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil 15 mins before the sauce is ready. Drop in the pasta, cook following pack instructions until al dente, then drain.
• To finish the sauce, stir in the milk and season to taste. Tip the pasta onto a plate and top with the Bolognese. Serve with the Parmesan.

RED SNAPPER LIVORNESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium skillet, heat olive oil and saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, and saute for 1 minute.
• Stir in tomatoes, capers, black olives, red pepper flakes, and parsley.
• Bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Spread 1/2 cup of the sauce in a 11x7 inch baking dish, and arrange the snapper fillets in a single layer in the dish.
• Drizzle lemon juice over the fillets, and then pour the remaining sauce over all.
• Bake for 15 minutes for 1/2 inch thick fillets, or 30 minutes for 1 inch thick fillets.
• Baste once with the sauce while baking.
• Snapper is done when it flakes easily with a fork.

THE BEST SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

Steps:

• Put a large saucepan on a medium heat and add 1 tbsp olive oil.
• Add 4 finely chopped bacon rashers and fry for 10 mins until golden and crisp.
• Reduce the heat and add the 2 onions, 2 carrots, 2 celery sticks, 2 garlic cloves and the leaves from 2-3 sprigs rosemary, all finely chopped, then fry for 10 mins. Stir the veg often until it softens.
• Increase the heat to medium-high, add 500g beef mince and cook stirring for 3-4 mins until the meat is browned all over.
• Add 2 tins plum tomatoes, the finely chopped leaves from ¾ small pack basil, 1 tsp dried oregano, 2 bay leaves, 2 tbsp tomato purée, 1 beef stock cube, 1 deseeded and finely chopped red chilli (if using), 125ml red wine and 6 halved cherry tomatoes. Stir with a wooden spoon, breaking up the plum tomatoes.
• Bring to the boil, reduce to a gentle simmer and cover with a lid. Cook for 1 hr 15 mins stirring occasionally, until you have a rich, thick sauce.
• Add the 75g grated parmesan, check the seasoning and stir.
• When the bolognese is nearly finished, cook 400g spaghetti following the pack instructions.
• Drain the spaghetti and either stir into the bolognese sauce, or serve the sauce on top. Serve with more grated parmesan, the remaining basil leaves and crusty bread, if you like.