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Spaghetti all'assassina (Vincenzo's own version, from his commentary and his own clip)

Vincenzo's Plate · ♥ 1.7K likes · 43K views · 16 min video

Read about ribbons and strands in the BrightCulinary Book

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Ingredients
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Techniques
  • tomato concentrate
  • passata
Cook the spaghetti in the tomato sauce rather than boiling it in water; plain boiling water, not chicken broth, if more liquid is needed.
No chicken broth, bay leaf or oregano
  • spaghetti
  • red or chili peppers
  • cloves of garlic
  • salt
  • pepper
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • stracciatella
Top with stracciatella.
His own recipe in under 10 minutes
Let the pasta sit in the dry pan until the bottom burns black and the spaghetti turns crunchy; turn it only once it has burned.
Only then add the wet sauce ('the blood'), and repeat, so the spaghetti stays crunchy.