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Finishing Pasta In Sauce

Finishing Pasta In Sauce — used in 6 ChefEdit recipes across the library. Each recipe explains how to source, substitute, and use it.

6 recipes
Pasta Alla Norma
sicily beginner
Pasta alla Norma

Pasta Alla Norma

Pasta alla Norma lives or dies on the eggplant. It should be browned and soft, with enough olive oil absorbed to feel plush, not steamed ...

45 min · 11 ingredients · 97 sources
Spaghetti Frutti di Mare
coastal italy standard
Spaghetti ai frutti di mare

Spaghetti Frutti di Mare

This pasta lives or dies on shellfish liquor, not tomato sauce. Clams and mussels open in garlic, oil, and white wine; their broth become...

45 min · 13 ingredients · 98 sources
Pasta Puttanesca
campania beginner
Pasta alla Puttanesca

Pasta Puttanesca

Puttanesca is not a long-simmered tomato sauce. It is a sharp, salty, garlicky dressing built in the time it takes spaghetti to cook, the...

25 min · 11 ingredients · 98 sources
Spaghetti Bolognese
emilia romagna standard
Spaghetti alla Bolognese

Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti Bolognese is a compromise dish, so the sauce has to do the discipline. The ragù should be meat-first, not red-sauce-first: fine...

210 min · 17 ingredients · 122 sources
Penne Arrabbiata
lazio beginner
Penne all'Arrabbiata

Penne Arrabbiata

Penne all'arrabbiata is a Roman tomato sauce with a temper: garlic and peperoncino bloomed in olive oil, tomato cooked down until glossy,...

30 min · 9 ingredients · 111 sources
Bucatini Amatriciana
lazio beginner
Bucatini all'Amatriciana

Bucatini Amatriciana

Bucatini Amatriciana is a Roman-Lazio pasta built on rendered guanciale fat, tomato, and sharp Pecorino Romano. The dish lives or dies on...

35 min · 9 ingredients · 98 sources