What foods or sauces do you mix with your spaghetti? Share your spaghetti secrets.
Eq0 1 point a year ago
<3 frutti di mare <3 I have to learn to make it.
I always assume “spaghetti” is the general name for Italian pasta, that includes spaghetti and other pasta shapes. Maybe this community has a more restrictive interpretation!
Eq0 4 points a year ago
I converted my partner and my kid to the “real Genovese pesto”.
Recipe: half trofie (or any pasta), half small cut potatoes, same quantity of fresh green beens. Boil all together (requires a certain eye to determine when to trow each item in, but the original recipe is adamant this is the only way). Drain and add copious pesto sauce Encourage to add grated parmigiano or pecorino on your plate.
We love it so much, my partner has learned to make pesto from scratch and it’s better than most if not all commercially available ones.
Substance_P 2 points a year ago
Absolutely, the best basil for pesto. We also make it ourselves but due to where I am it's cheaper to use macademia nuts instead of pinenuts. Going to try your potato bean concoction this week with it.
Mycatiskai 4 points a year ago
Brown a protein in a pan, add a can of drained mushrooms and an onion, add a can of diced tomatoes, salt and pepper, some Italian seasoning, and diced garlic then throw the cooked spaghetti in.
Ephera 3 points a year ago
Erm, me neither. This combination came out of my own experimentation. 🙃
I do feel like peanut-butter-based recipes have a harder time spreading, though, because you just don't want one of your guests to find out they're allergic while visiting you...
threelonmusketeers 2 points a year ago
I'm not a huge fan of cooked tomatoes, but I love peanut butter. I must try this.
Ephera 1 point a year ago
Ah, well, good luck. It does still taste tomatoey. 😅
If you want to try with lots of peanut butter, I recommend a pointy taste to balance out the roundness of the peanut butter. A pinch of pepper or a tiny splash of balsamico vinegar works well, for example. I also find mustard seeds fun, but that might be a me-thing.
Little8Lost 3 points a year ago
I add herbs to the noodle water even before salting
FauxPseudo 2 points a year ago
When making your red sauce add a 1/4 tsp of ground star anise.
Green canister parm is better than no parm.
Don't buy sauce. Get a 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes and season it before simmering for at least 40 minutes.
Brass extruded pasta is so much better for gripping sauce.
Garlic bread can be made with olive oil instead of butter.
If you aren't adding a pinch or red pepper flakes to your red sauce you should be shamed.
FauxPseudo 2 points a year ago
I'm grew up Italian. I default to Mexican (as my posts in c/cooking will show) but I learned Italian first.
Chrysanthemum 2 points a year ago
cheap white wine in my lemony-caper sauce (Piccata?) i love it sooo much i could immerse myself in it (not recommended).
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A place to discuss spaghettis and show off everyone's spaghettis. Whether you make it, eat it, throw it at a wall, or wear it on your head - we can all come together and bond over some spaghetti.
Spaghetti policy:
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No Spam.
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Keep it spaghetti.
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Spaghetti
@lemmy.ca
168
13
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A place to discuss spaghettis and show off everyone's spaghettis. Whether you make it, eat it, throw it at a wall, or wear it on your head - we can all come together and bond over some spaghetti.
Spaghetti policy:
Be Respectful.
No Spam.
No Advertising.
No off-topic posts.
Keep it spaghetti.
No pasta-shaming.
go to feed...
carbonara, aglio e olio; in restaurants also frutti di mare
Other pasta sauces I like are pesto and bolognese, but those work better with other pasta shapes than spaghetti.
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