Grandmother Ziti Recipe by Casa Don Alfonso

 

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Ingredients:

• ½ lb dried Ziti pasta
• ¼ cup parsley plus garnish
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 anchovy filets in olive oil
• 1 teaspoon chili flakes
• 3 garlic cloves
• 20 cherry tomatoes, quartered
• ½ cup diced half-inch croutons
• Sea salt

Method:

1. Drop ziti into boiling salted water and cook according to packaging (for about 7 minutes). Save some of the pasta water.
2. In a sauté pan, warm up the extra virgin olive oil, then add garlic cloves; cook until golden, then remove cloves from pan.
3. Add anchovies and melt filets, using a spoon, if needed. Away from the stove, add chili pepper, then continue melting the filets.
4. Add cherry tomatoes, salt (to taste) and some pasta water; cook for about 2 minutes to al dente.
5. Add the pasta into the sauce, along with the chopped parsley and bread crumbs.
6. Toss with a spoon to coat the pasta with the sauce.
7. Garnish with parsley leaves and a drizzle of olive oil, and serve.