RomanItalian
Pasta with Puntarelle
by Cucina con Ruben · 548K subscribers on YouTube
A classic Roman pasta dish featuring puntarelle, a type of chicory, with a double preparation: some cooked in a soffritto of anchovies and garlic, and some served raw with a tangy anchovy vinaigrette. This is the chef's personal favorite pasta recipe.
- Difficulty
- medium
Ingredients
9 items- Puntarellethe vegetable (Roman chicory); both tender leaves and stems used
- Buttera knob for mantecatura
- Anchoviesanchovies; used both in soffritto and raw sauce
- Spaghettior linguine or short pasta
- Green Chili Peppergreen chili pepper; used in soffritto and for garnish
- Garlicgarlic; crushed, used in soffritto and raw sauce
- Apple Cider Vinegarapple cider vinegar
- Extra Virgin Olive Oilextra virgin olive oil; for soffritto and raw sauce
- Saltfor pasta water; not needed in sauce due to anchovies
Method
- Prepare the soffritto: in a pan, add extra virgin olive oil, crushed garlic, anchovies, and green chili pepper. Let the anchovies melt.
- Clean the puntarelle: separate the tender leaves from the stems. The hollow (soft) stems will be cooked, the hard stems will be eaten raw. Cut the hard stems into thin strips using a special tool (or a vegetable peeler) and soak them in ice water to curl.
- Add the leaves and the soft puntarelle to the soffritto and wilt them. Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in salted boiling water.
- When the anchovies are melted, add a ladle of pasta cooking water. Continue cooking.
- Prepare the raw sauce for the puntarelle: in a bowl, mix crushed garlic, anchovies, extra virgin olive oil, and apple cider vinegar. Emulsify.
- Drain the pasta al dente and transfer it to the pan with the cooked puntarelle. Remove the garlic and toss with a knob of butter. Add more cooking water if needed.
- Drain the raw puntarelle and dress them with the raw sauce. Plate: layer the pasta with cooked puntarelle, then top with the dressed raw puntarelle, and garnish with chopped green chili pepper.
Cucina con Ruben
Home cookReviewer548K subscribers on YouTube242.9M total channel viewsRuben Bondi - cucina italiana, kosher e giudaico-romana. Diventato noto durante il lockdown cucinando dal balcone a Trastevere.
