This spaghetti recipe demonstrates the old maxim that simple is best. No complicated spices or hard-to-obtain ingredients – it’s all available quite cheaply from any supermarket.
Cooking time: 10 mins – serves 2
You will need:
- Dried spaghetti
- 2 large tomatoes, diced
- Tomato puree
- 3 cloves garlic
- Fresh parsley
- One red chilli
- Whatever seafood you can find – mussels, prawns and squid are good, as is fresh crab meat
- Olive oil
Take a large saucepan of lightly-salted boiling water and add some dried spaghetti. This will take around 10 minutes to cook on a medium-to-high heat. If the pan is too hot, the spaghetti will stick to it.
Heat some oil in a frying pan, and add the diced tomatoes. When they stop sizzling, add the tomato puree, a splash of water and reduce the heat to a simmer. Chop and add the garlic and chilli, and chop the parsley (but don’t add it just yet!)
Now you just need to concentrate on getting the spaghetti right. When it’s al dente, take it off the heat and add the seafood, which should be cooked inside a couple of minutes. Drain the spaghetti, add it to the pan and stir in the parsley. Serve immediately with extremely fresh bread.