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Spaghettini con olio, aglio e peperoncino nó Spaghettini le Gairleog, Ola agus Cillí

Spaghettini con olio, aglio e peperoncino nó Spaghettini le Gairleog, Ola agus Cillí or Spaghettini with Garlic, Oil & Chilli prepared by Éamonn Ó Catháin

Spaghettini con olio, aglio e peperoncino nó Spaghettini le Gairleog, Ola agus Cillí déanta ag Éamonn Ó Catháin

Tá mé ag baint suilt as an mhias seo leis na blianta fada, ceann de na miasanna peirsile is saoire agus is simplí dá bhfuil ann, ach nuair a bhí mé sa Tuscáin ar na mallaibh, fuair mé dóigh bheag leis an oideas a bhí agam a dhéanamh níos fearr.
Is fearr liom spaghettini (pasta atá níos tanaí ná spaghetti) faoi choinne an oidis seo. Roghnaigh an branda is fearr agus is féidir. Seachain gnáthbhrandaí saora gránna an ollmhargaidh. Uch!)

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Spaghettini
1 chillí, na síolta bainte aisti agus í gearrtha.
Salann, piobar dubh
1 cheann gairleoige
Dos peirsile
Bainne

MODH

In áit gairleog bhrúite nó ghearrtha a fhriochadh mar a dhéanfainn de ghnáth, baineann an t-oideas seo úsáid as gairleog ina hiomláine (ar a dtugtar gairleog bhog nó gairleog mhilis), bogtha ar an phanna. Cuireann sé úmf iontach sa mhias ar fad!
Cuir na spaghettini isteach in uisce bruite agus déan cócaráil orthu ar feadh 3-4 bhomaite. Tá siad níos tanaí ná spaghetti agus beidh siad réidh go measartha gasta.
Déan an ghairleog mhilis a scalladh i mbainne te, bain an craiceann di agus cuir sa fhriochtán le hola olóige. Déan í a fhriochadh go réidh. Bain an ghairleog den phanna agus cuir roinnt cillí deirge isteach ann. Ardaigh an teas.
Gearr an pheirsil go garbh
Taom an pasta ach fág giota beag den uisce te sa phota. Is é seo an cleas Iodálach a chinntíonn go mbíonn an pasta breá te i gcónaí ach chomh maith leis sin, bíonn blaisín speisialta breise ina gcuid anlann go léir a thagann ón uisce sin.
Cuir an ghairleog ar ais sa phanna leis an chillí agus cuir níos mó ola olóige air. Bain úsáid as tlú chun an phasta a chur isteach sa phanna in éineacht leis an chillí, an ola olóige agus an ghairleog. Scaip giota den pheirsil ghearrtha air, cuir cúpla spúnóg bhoird den uisce inar ullmhaíodh an pasta isteach leis, cinntigh go bhfuil sé blaistithe mar is ceart, agus cuir amach ar phlátaí teo é.
Tá sé gasta, sárbhlasta agus tá cuma ghalánta air. Mar a fheicfidh tú, níl aon cháis pharmasán luaite. Ní le costas na cáise sin a bhaineann sé seo (cé go bhfuil an parmasán daor, gan dabht), ach leis an bhlas. Ní úsáideann na hIodálaigh parmasán le miasa pasta a bhfuil bia mara iontu, ná le miasa pasta a bhfuil cillí iontu.

Spaghettini con aglio, olio e peperoncino - Spaghettini with Garlic, Oil & Chilli prepared by Éanonn ó Catháin

Although enjoying this simplest and cheapest of Italian parsley courses for many years, I discovered an improvement on the recipe I have always used when in Tuscany recently.
I prefer spaghettini (thinner than spaghetti) for this recipe. Choose the best brand you can afford, avoid generic supermarket el cheapo brands. Urghh.

INGREDIENTS

Spaghettini
1 chilli seeded and chopped.
Salt, black pepper.
1 head of garlic
1 bunch parsley
Milk

METHOD

The difference in this recipe is that instead of the crushed, chopped and fried garlic that I used to use, this one uses whole garlic (known as soft or sweet garlic) softened on the pan and providing an incredible oomph to the whole caboodle.
Place the spaghettini in boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes. Being thinner than spaghetti it cooks quite quickly.
Scald the sweet garlic in hot milk, remove the skin and place in frying pan with olive oil. Fry lightly. Remove the garlic from the pan & add some red chilli. Turn up the heat.
Roughly chop the parsley
Drain the pasta but leave a little bit of the cooking water in the pot. This is the Italian trick that makes sure that the pasta remains piping hot but also imparts an indefinable something to all their sauces.
Put the garlic back in the pan with the chilli & add some more olive oil. Using tongs, transfer the pasta to the pan with the chilli, olive oil and garlic. Sprinkle with a little chopped parsley, add a few tablespoons of the water in which the pasta was cooked, adjust the seasoning and then transfer to hot plates.
It’s quick, it’s utterly delicious and it looks great. Note too the complete absence of parmesan cheese. This is not to keep costs down (as it irrefutably does) but is a question of taste. Italians do not serve parmesan with seafood pasta dishes or with pasta containing chilli.

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