Sicily is a land of bright colors and great contrasts, like this recipe for homemade black macaroni, seasoned with a curling sauce with a heolithic curl. The black color is given by the black cuttlefish found in the macaroni dough. The red of the tomato and the white of the amberjack create a beautiful visual contrast. And I assure you that, if the dish amazes at the sight, on the palate the effect is wonderful.
The pasta recipe with eolian fish sauce is a classic of Sicilian cuisine and if you have not yet tried my PASTA WITH TUNA AEOLIAN (even in VIDEO RECIPE) it's time to do it. In fact, tuna is in season in spring and summer. In this case, I wanted to use the amberjack, which is another of the large fish that we love the most and use in Sicily. The taste of the amberjack is more delicate than that of tuna. In the sauce with the amberjack with the aeolian there are also other ingredients: typical of the islands from which they are named, the Aeolites. Pickled olives, Chili, Capers in salt, parsley, garlic and white wine. Is’ a very simple first dish: obviously i prepared the black macaroni of cuttlefish made to the underwire in the house (if you've never made them take a look at my video on how you make the SICILIAN FERRET MACARONI). You can also use dried cuttlefish black pasta, which is easily found on the market, even if they're spaghetti or linguine format.
How to make a black paste
To prepare pasta in black cuttlefish at home, simply add fresh or preserved cuttlefish black to the dough (both liquid and in the form of powder). To get an intense black like that of my macaroni, you have to abound. The dose, Obviously, changes based on the type of stle espia black you use. I used the liquid one, in the dose of 50 grams of sl like black on 400 grams of severe wheat rhyme semothed.
Is’ it's important that the dough isn't too wet, otherwise it will be difficult to work. In case it's wet, you'll just need to add a little more’ semolina. The other ingredients are: water and salt, how it's tradition in homemade Sicilian pasta.
If you can't find the amberjack at the market, you can use tuna or swordfish, but also the grouper, snapper or embryo. When you smell this dish you will tell me if it was worth preparing or not. Have a good day!