Spaghetti all'assassina, or killer spaghetti, is a Pugliese recipe for a special kind of spaghetti. (ENG/ESP)

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Hello blog friends, how are you? A few days ago, before I had the flu, I decided to try a recipe my step-aunt taught me. She's part of my husband's family, and they're all from Puglia, so they're true experts in Puglian cuisine. This spaghetti is called "all'assassina" (murder) because Italians consider cooking it this way to be murder, as the spaghetti, instead of being cooked normally, is fried in a large pan!

For this recipe, you'll need:

  • 100 grams of spaghetti
  • 500 ml of tomato puree
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 6 tablespoons of oil to start with, but adjust accordingly, as frying requires adding more gradually and may require more
  • 4 tablespoons of ground chili pepper
  • 4 tablespoons of fine salt

First, prepare the garlic: peel it, cut it into cloves, and then into finer ones. Prepare a large pan with three tablespoons of oil and the garlic, use it to make a saut茅, frying for about three minutes.

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Hola amigos del blog, 驴qu茅 tal? Hace unos d铆as, antes de tener gripe, decid铆 probar una receta que me ense帽贸 mi t铆a pol铆tica. Ella es de la familia de mi marido y todos son de Apulia, as铆 que son aut茅nticos expertos en la cocina apuliana. Estos espaguetis se llaman "all'assassina" (asesinato) porque los italianos consideran que cocinarlos as铆 es un asesinato, ya que, en lugar de cocinarse normalmente, 隆se fr铆en en una sart茅n grande!

Para esta receta, necesitar谩s:

  • 100 gramos de espaguetis
  • 500 ml de pur茅 de tomate
  • 5 dientes de ajo
  • 6 cucharadas de aceite para empezar, pero ajusta la cantidad seg煤n sea necesario, ya que fre铆r requiere a帽adir m谩s gradualmente y puede que necesite m谩s
  • 4 cucharadas de chile molido
  • 4 cucharadas de sal fina

Primero, prepara el ajo: p茅lalo, c贸rtalo en dientes y luego en dientes m谩s finos. Prepara una sart茅n grande con tres cucharadas de aceite y el ajo, con 茅l haces un sofrito, friendo durante unos tres minutos.

Now we add the tomato puree to the pan, mix it with the garlic and then add the salt and chili pepper, stir and cook for about five minutes, then finally add the spaghetti with the remaining oil and now comes the hard work because here the spaghetti must fry together with the tomato puree, until they absorb all the sauce and have a burnt appearance, we must therefore stir the pan constantly, turning them often and adding oil as it runs out until our spaghetti have a slightly burnt appearance and have absorbed all the sauce.

At that point we serve these crunchy and different spaghetti hot, which I really enjoyed, despite the cooking times being a bit long, they took almost 40 minutes to cook properly but they were super flavorful and crunchy, a murder yes but of goodness!!

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Ahora a帽adimos el pur茅 de tomate a la sart茅n, lo mezclamos con el ajo y luego a帽adimos la sal y el chile, removemos y cocinamos durante unos cinco minutos, luego finalmente a帽adimos los espaguetis con el aceite restante y ahora viene el trabajo duro porque aqu铆 los espaguetis deben fre铆rse junto con el pur茅 de tomate, hasta que absorban toda la salsa y tengan un aspecto quemado, por lo tanto debemos remover la sart茅n constantemente, d谩ndoles vueltas a menudo y a帽adiendo aceite a medida que sale hasta que nuestros espaguetis tengan un aspecto ligeramente quemado y hayan absorbido toda la salsa.

En ese momento servimos calientes estos espaguetis crujientes y diferentes, que disfrut茅 mucho, a pesar de que los tiempos de cocci贸n fueron un poco largos, tardaron casi 40 minutos en cocinarse correctamente pero estaban s煤per sabrosos y crujientes, un asesinato s铆, 隆pero de bondad!

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