Sicilian Pasta - Spaghetti With Pistachios and Fresh Mint
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Sicilian pasta with pistachios and fresh mint is a refreshing dish when you want to try something a little bit different. Join Eric from Simply Elegant Home Cooking as he demonstrates this easy pasta dish that you can put together in the time is takes to preheat your pasta water! One of the tricks to this dish is to use the highest quality and most authentic ingredients you can find! Eric prefers using spaghetti made in Italy, as well as Sicilian extra virgin olive oil. The pistachios add a delicious nutty flavor to the pasta, as well as a contrast in texture and the dish is capped off with fresh mint, lemon zest, and grape or cherry tomatoes.
Ingredients:
-1/2 pound spaghetti or linguine (De Cecco or Delallo are good Italian brands)
-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (preferably from Sicily)
-12 ounces grape or cherry tomatoes
-3 cloves garlic
-1/3 cup roasted pistachios
-1 handful fresh mint leaves
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
-Zest of 1 lemon
-Grated Parmiggiano-Reggiano cheese
-Salt and black pepper to taste
Directions:
-Bring a pot of pasta water up to a rapid boil. While the pasta water preheats, use this time to prep the rest of the ingredients.
-Chop the pistachios finely with a knife.
-Thinly slice the garlic cloves.
-Thinly slice the fresh mint.
-Cut the grape or cherry tomatoes in half.
-Zest the lemon using a microplane.
-As pasta water nears a boil, preheat a large skillet on medium heat. Add the extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, and garlic. Give a gentle stir to ensure that the garlic is submerged in the olive oil.
-About a minute later once the tomatoes and garlic and sizzling, generously salt the pasta water and add the pasta. The pasta will cook until 1-2 minutes shy of al dente. Do not cook the pasta beyond this point as it will be finished in the sauce. For spaghetti, the cooking time is approximately 6 minutes in the boiling water. Be sure to stir the pasta every minute or two to avoid sticking.
-After pasta has cooked for approximately 5 minutes, reserve about 2 cups of the starchy pasta water. Add about half a cup to the tomatoes, along with half of the chopped pistachios. Use a spatula to gently stir the sauce. At this point season to taste using black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, and salt, if desired. Salt may not be necessary depending on how much of the starch water is used and depending on if the pistachios are already salted.
-Drain the pasta (do not rinse!) and add it to the tomato sauce. Gently stir to incorporate everything and allow the pasta to finish in the sauce for 1-2 minutes, or until the sauce thickens to your desired consistency. If the sauce becomes too dry, add more of the reserved pasta water.
-Once desired consistency is achieved, turn off the heat and add in the fresh mint as well as the lemon zest. Stir to evenly mix and incorporate all of the ingredients.
-Serve the pasta along with grated parmiggiano-reggiano cheese and the remaining chopped pistachios.
-Enjoy!
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Eccellente this will be my next spaghetti dish 👍🇦🇺🇮🇹🌍
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Hope you like it!
I'm will be eating this today. Thank you so much for this recepie. Greeting out of EU
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
2 жыл бұрын
I hope you enjoyed! Glad to hear that my recipes are being enjoyed around the globe!
This is so good, and a great introduction to vegan pasta
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! It is a little different than what most people do for their pastas but it works very well.
Really good, easy to make, and I paired with his homemade pasta. Fabulous!
You are so underrated!
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Hahah I think so too but I am probably a little biased! Thanks!
That looks excellent! Can’t wait to try it.
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It was a very nice departure from the more traditional pasta sauces.
You’re not Italiano by any chance? I love the simplicity of your cooking recipes sooo easy
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
I am not Italian, but I do love their food!
So I finally got around to making this and wow! Tons of flavor and very distinctive! I may have over salted my pasta water a bit so overall it was a little too salty. But that was purely my mistake. The recipe is excellent. It’s amazing how you can clearly taste every ingredient in the final dish. I’ll definitely have to try this one again at some point.
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It is just such a bright dish and a nice way to mix things up for the pasta lovers who want to try something a little bit different!
Great twist. Trying it tonight! Grazie!
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I really hope you enjoyed it!
Don't need lemon or garlic. THis dish is superb.
Hi I'm a new friends here. Thanks a lot for sharing my dear. Stay safe and connected please
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Super 👍👍👍
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
This recipe looks fantastic! Love the idea of mixing pistachio and tomatoes!!
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Apparently it is very common in Sicily.
Goodonya Eric 🇦🇺🇮🇹🌍
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks again!
This spaghetti dish looking so delicious and oh yes simply elegant .
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It is a dish that you can put together quickly and easily but it will still impress!
Interesting combination of flavors. Looking forward to making it soon.
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I was pleasantly surprised how well the flavors and textures worked on this dish!
Ima gunna give it a wizz mate 🍝
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
2 жыл бұрын
Great! Let me know how it went.
That's a very interesting dish & one that I will try given my preference for meatless menu ideas. The nutty sweet parmesan Reggiano should fuse nicely with the pistachios. I would top mine off with a nice dry glass of Pinot Grigio & some some extra dark chocolate to finish it off!
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Pinot Grigio is my wine of choice for this dish! And the dark chocolate would set it off!
Those Tom a toes looka speciale 👌
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Shrimp might go well with this, if you wanted to add a protein. Great video!
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Oh yea you could definitely just sear them and throw them on top!
Looks great! Can mint be substituted with another herb?
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, no substitutions allowed!
Gonna do this but I would personally let the tomatoes simmer for a loooooonngggg time.
@SimplyElegantHomeCooking
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, they're so good when you draw it out a long while!