Pasta Arrabiata Recipe - Laura Vitale - Laura in the Kitchen Episode 340

Hi guys , I'm Laurie Vitali .

On this episode of Laura in the kitchen , I'm gonna show you how to make pasta .

Um A sauce is one of Italy's classic sauces .

It's simple .

It's delicious .

It's so easy to do .

Let me take you over the ingredients so we can get started .

You're gonna need some good quality canned chopped Italian tomatoes , some pasta .

Of course I'm using which are with lines on them .

You're gonna need some that's been thick cut and cut into little cubes , hot pepper flakes , fresh garlic , salt pepper , a little little teeny , tiny bit of olive oil and some fresh parsley or basil .

I like parsley in this .

It's a little different .

Um But it's very simple to do .

Now , first thing you wanna do is get a big pot , fill it with water , put in a gen , a generous sprinkling of salt and let that come up to a boil for the pasta .

And the second thing you wanna do is take a large skillet with high side .

This is a nonstick skillet and I only have about a teaspoon of olive oil in there and there's a reason for that because the , that release is a lot of its own fat and that's where we're gonna be cooking the sauce in .

So there's no point on me using , you know , two tablespoons of olive oil when I know the is gonna release a couple of tablespoons of its own fat , which is what makes the sauce out of this swirl .

Delicious .

It's spicy .

It's got a nice kick of flavor with , it's delicious .

Now , I'm going to just wait a couple more seconds .

That's hot enough .

It'll get hot .

Here we go .

Now , what I have here is over medium heat .

I'm gonna cook the for a few minutes or until it's lightly golden , crispy and it's released a lot of its own fat and juices and deliciousness .

I can check just how I like it .

So now I'm gonna add in my garlic and a pinch of hot pepper flakes .

You can add as much or as little as you want .

But a which just means angry and Italian , you know , is meant to have a nice spicy kick to it .

So go ahead and put some in and I'm gonna let this cook now for another minute or so or until the garlic begins to lightly brown .

My garlic is looking just perfect .

But now to this , we're gonna add in the crushed tomatoes .

Now I like to buy a really good quality .

It's preferably one that's , you know , imported from Italy .

It makes a world of a difference and it really pays off in the final dish if you just spend a couple of extra bucks and get yourself some good quality ingredients .

So now what I'm gonna do is let this come up to a boil and then I'm gonna let it reduce the heat to medium low and let it simmer for about 15 , 20 minutes halfway through when it has about 10 minutes left to go .

I'm gonna put in my pasta and my boiling water and then we'll finish the whole thing off together .

My sauce has been simmering for about 20 minutes and it's perfect .

I've also cooked my pasta , drained it and I put it back into the same pot because it's a bigger pot and it's easier for me to mix everything together .

Now , I'm gonna season my sauce now , make sure you taste it before you put in your salt .

I already tasted it , but I do think that it needs just a little bit more salt .

Not a lot because the punch that is so salty .

Then I'm gonna put in some fresh parsley roughly chopped , turn this completely completely off and then I'm gonna add in my delicious sauce to my pasta .

Oh Yeah .

Yeah .

Awesome .

And I'm gonna put in a little bit of in there and toss the whole thing together and then put more at the table for everybody to top their pasta off as much as they'd like .

But I just like to put some in and mix it all together because I think it tastes so good .

Well , as it sits for a couple of minutes .

Oh , it's delicious .

Give everything a really nice toss .

Beautiful .

Look at that .

Smells delicious .

I can smell the punch .

I can smell the garlic and if you don't want to use , you can just use some thick cut bacon .

It will work just as well .

I'm gonna give this a quick taste .

Wait a minute , I'm gonna get a piece of that .

Mm .

This brings me back memories of my childhood because this is the kind of food I grew up eating .

Nothing was ever too spicy enough for us as kids .

Let me tell you .

Mm .

It's got a nice salty bite from the lovely nuttiness with the cheese .

It's just such a good balance of flavors .

It's delicious .

I hope you've enjoyed my time with me .

Go to www dot la in the kitchen dot com to get the recipe and I'll see you next time .

Bye .