Bucatini With Peppers and Anchovies

Submitted by Wild Thyme Flour

"A simple italian pasta recipe, great for summer months. Bucatini are spagetti with a hole right through them."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 350 g bucatini pasta
• 4 anchovy fillets
• 10 basil, leafs
• 1 onion
• 400 g cherry tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 200 g red peppers in oil
• 1 chili pepper
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• salt

directions

1. Slice the chilli . Wash the capers and anchovies from excess salt, dry on a paper towel and chop roughly, together with the peppers ( oil removed).
2. Chop the onion and saute in the oil. add the chilli and the pepper mixture.
3. Cook for 5 minutes stiring from time to time. add the cherry tomatoes and cook for 15 minutes more.
4. Season as needed.
5. Cook the pasta,then toss with the mixture, adding the orn basil leaves.
6. serve.

Reviews

[lecole54]

Wow, what a wonderful combination of sweet, spicy, salty, and bitter! Our rural supermarket doesn't carry anything as exotic as bucatini, so I had to go with fetuccini. Other than that, I followed the recipe precisely, only halving it since it's only the DH and me. We loved it; because we love spicy stuff, we might up the pepperoncini to a heaping half (or, in our case, quarter) cup next time, and maybe a little more lemon as well. But we both thought it was a splendid recipe -- yet another brilliant use for the lowly anchovy! Thanks for posting.