Spaghetti with red mullets
Learn how to make a very elegant pasta dish. Perfect if you want to impress your guest, or simply if you want to eat a very refined dish with a wonderful flavor.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 8 small red mullets just 1 if they’re bigger than 10cm
- 400 gr of tomato puree/passata
- 1/4 cup of single cream if you can’t find it you can substitute with milk with a teaspoon of starch dissolved in it
- 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil or butter
- salt pepper and chili pepper to taste
- 400 gr of spaghetti or any other pasta you like
- parsley
- 1 clove of garlic
Instructions
- Cook the pasta as usual, by bringing a pot of salted water to a boil, then add the spaghetti.
- While spaghetti are cooking, put the oil in a pan with the crushed garlic and the chili pepper. Let it sizzle for 20 secs then add the tomato passata. Add salt and pepper and stir. Let it cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add the mullets fillets and crushed them well with a spatula, let them cook for 5 minutes then add the cream or milk, stir well to mix evenly and then turn the heat off. Remove the garlic.
- TIP: If you are using bigger mullets you can put the sauce into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Drain the spaghetti a couple of minutes before the cooking time, and remember to set aside a cup of cooking water. Add the pasta to the pan and stir well, pour some water and cook for a minute. Add the chopped parsley and serve.
