Gluten-Free Sicilian Pasta with Anchovies
A simple traditional dish consisting of pasta coated in an easy sauce of onions and anchovies and sprinkled with toasted breadcrumbs.
PREP TIME
6 minutes
COOK TIME
15 minutes
INGREDIENTS
6
Serves: 3
Ingredients
- 12 oz12 oz12 oz Spaghetti, (use long pasta, like spaghetti, linguine, fettuccine)
- 3-4 Tbsp3-4 Tbsp3-4 Tbsp Olive Oil, (plus more as needed)
- 111 Yellow Onion, Large, thinly sliced
- .25 cup.25 cup.25 cup Breadcrumbs, can be plain or Italian style
- 2 oz2 oz2 oz Anchovies, OR 1.5 tubes of anchovy paste
- 1 pinch1 pinch1 pinch Red Pepper Flakes, (Optional)
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Process
Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook pasta a few minutes shy of the directions on the box. They will finish cooking in the anchovy/onion mixture.
- In a large dry frying pan toast the breadcrumbs, stirring occasionally and watching carefully so they don't burn. Remove them from the heat and set aside.
- Using the same frying pan, add olive oil (you can use the oil from the anchovy tin) , and once the oil starts to shimmer add the sliced onions and soften them a bit approximately 5 minutes.
- Once the onions start to soften add the anchovies, using a wooden spoon to mash them. As they heat up they will become soft and liquify a bit.
- Add the red pepper flakes if using.
- Continue to cook until the onions are soft and very tender and the anchovies are blended in almost like a paste.
- Slowly add some pasta water, approximately 3/4 - 1 cup to the onion and anchovy mixture until a nice sauce forms.
- Once pasta is ready reserve one cup of the pasta water before draining. Add the pasta to the frying pan with anchovy/onion mixture. Mix everything together adding some additional pasta water if needed. The pasta should be more on the dry side, so you will not need all the water. Toss and taste, if needed add a bit of salt.
- Sprinkle the pasta with the toasted breadcrumbs.
Notes
Pasta will be on the dry side add a bit of the reserved pasta water at a time. We usually bring some to the table so once it's plated if you want more water you can use it.
Course or fine breadcrumbs will work, but don't use Panko breadcrumbs.
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Coconut Free Dairy Free Egg Free Nut Free Other Pescetarian Shellfish Free Sugar Alcohol Free| This is our estimate based on online research. | |
| Calories: | 569 |
| Fat: | 16 g |
| Carbohydrates: | 87 g |
| Protein: | 19 g |
| Cholesterol: | 0 g |
| Sodium: | 11 mg |
| Fiber: | 6 g |
| Sugars: | 2 g |
| Sugar Alcohol: | 0 g |
| Calculated per serving. | |
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So happy you added this recipe to FoodSocial!! Can’t wait to try it–I already showed my husband and he’s excited too!
I hope you both love it as much as my family does.
I loved talking about this recipe on the Happy Hour yesterday! <3
So glad I could put this on other peoples radar. It’s such a good recipe.
Can 100% confirm that this is a scrumptious meal! I added some fresh oregano from my garden on top, well done Maria!!!
So glad you loved it, adding fresh oregano to it sounds like a brilliant idea.
I love a lil’ fresh herbs from my little garden this time of year!!