Name: SPAGHETTI CON ALICI, PUNTARELLE E FIORI DI ZUCCA
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 350 grammi di spaghettoni250 grammi di alici già pulite150 grammi di fiori di zucca250 grammi di puntarelleolio extravergine di oliva, quanto bastadue spicchi di aglio in camiciaun pezzetto di peperoncino4 alici di Cetara dissalate e diliscateuna manciata di pinolimezzo bicchiere di vino bianco seccosale e pepe, quanto bastala scorza grattugiata di un limone biologicotimo al limone, quanto basta

Spaghetti with anchovies, chicory and Zucchini Flowers. Today a first quick dish with flavors of the sea, prepared with my favorite fish, the blue one, Low in fat, Friend of portfolios and health and combine it with two Roman traditional products: chicory and pumpkin flowers. As you all know I'm Sicilian, Sicilian, vivo ma Rome: this time I wanted to pay homage to the capital with a really simple dish, reinterpreting the Roman tradition of chicory seasoned with anchovies and zucchini flowers stuffed, combining these two plates and turning them into a first by brackish and citrus scents, Typical of my Sicily. And imagining cook this dish to the sea, maybe in my summer house, from which you hear the sound of the waves, I decided to use a few ingredients but colorful, focusing on net flavors and spring colors. I wanted to make a dish you can prepare in minutes, just recently returned from a dip in the water, and that enhances the flavor and softness of anchovies due to bitter and crisp note of puntarelle. He could not miss the chili, or a few pine nuts of my beloved Sicily addition to the inevitable lemon zest, that blend perfectly with the scent of fish. If you love this type of recipes, Also have a look at all my RECIPES WITH BLUE FISH and my SICILIAN RECIPES. Have a good day!

SPAGHETTI WITH ANCHOVIES, PUNTARELLE PUMPKIN AND FLOWERS

Portions: 4 Preparation: 20 minutes cooking: 10 minutes 10 minutes

Nutrition facts: 250 calories 20 fat

Rating: 5.0/5

( 1 voted )

Ingredients

350 grams of spaghetti
250 grams of already cleaned anchovies
150 grams of zucchini flowers
250 grams of chicory
extra virgin olive oil, to taste
two cloves of garlic
a small piece of chili pepper
4 anchovies Cetara desalted and boned
a handful of pine nuts
half a glass of dry white wine
salt and pepper, to taste
grated rind of one lemon organic
lemon thyme, to taste

Procedure

Spaghetti with anchovies, chicory and Zucchini Flowers

Clean the pumpkin flowers by removing the inside and making them into strips. Brown the poached garlic and finely chopped chilli in a pan, join boned anchovies, desalted and made into small pieces, stirring until it is dissolved.

Add chicory, thyme, lemon and toasted pine nuts. Season with salt, pepper and cook for 5 minutes over high heat. Deglaze with white wine and, When the alcohol has evaporated, add the fresh anchovies and lemon zest and toss the increasingly high heat without stirring, so that the fish will not come apart too. Remove garlic and set aside.

Boil the pasta in salted water and drain it al dente, putting aside cooking water. Skip the spaghetti in the pan with the sauce and add the zucchini flowers, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a little cooking water. Serve the pasta and garnish the dish with a puntarella and flower from raw pumpkin, and some lemon zest. Bon appétit!

MATCHING: Freshness is the word that comes to mind watching this dish. So how cool is the wine that we offer: confident (i.e.: Magic) a higher Sardinian Vermentino DOCG wines produced by Cantine Siddura, a Luogosanto. This presents white light spicy aromas, the palate is soft and savory at the same time. A full-bodied Vermentino though finely balanced.

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6 comments

Rosy March 25, 2015 - 19:49

last minute Recipe.
In the absence of pine nuts I used pistachios, the frozen tuna instead of anchovies.
A tasty alternative.
Kisses, beautiful tireless cook.
Rosy
P.S. It also lacked the flowers…. SIC!

Sicilians creative in the kitchen March 26, 2015 - 14:54

I'd say you've made a recipe totally your! But I'm grateful to have been inspired by me, because you know that I think the imagination in the kitchen is a must! Kisses to you dear! And thanks!

silvio April 28, 2014 - 23:29

Simply DIVINE!!!

Sicilians creative in the kitchen April 28, 2014 - 23:35

But grazieeee!!!!! You've made me happy, tonight I will have sweet dreams! ADA

Mafalda 22 April 2014 - 23:11

Proven and and’ spectacular!

Sicilians creative in the kitchen April 23, 2014 - 14:28

Thanks Mafalda!!!! And congratulations to the cannoli! A hug, ADA

Spaghetti with anchovies, chicory and Zucchini Flowers