Cold Spaghetti With Spicy Raw Sauce

Serves: 3

Estell Schumm

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

51

Spice

48

Sweetness

65

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1

Salt

450 g

Spaghetti

Directions:

1

Bring a large pot of water to boil over medium heat for the pasta

2

Broil or char the red bell pepper under hot broiler with oven door slightly ajar or roast it over flame burner holding the pepper with tongs

3

Put the pepper into bowl and cover it with plastic wrap

4

Let cool, then peel, seed and finely chop

5

Set aside

6

When the water comes to a boil, add some salt

7

Cut an X shaped mark gently through the tomato skins at the stem end, then add them to the boiling water

8

Boil for 1 full minute, then remove them with a spider or tongs and cool on the counter for 1 to 2 minutes

9

Do not cold shock

10

The heat will gently cook the tomato a bit

11

Add pasta to the boiling water and cook to al dente

12

Drain, run under cold water and drain again

13

Put the extra-virgin olive oil into a large shallow serving dish and stir in the chile and grated or garlic paste

14

Peel the tomatoes and cut them in half; seed and chop

15

Add them to the garlic oil mixture along with the chopped roasted red bell pepper

16

Stir in most of the basil, reserving a little for garnish

17

Add the pasta and toss to combine

18

Garnish with extra basil and black pepper and serve