The history of cooking is a very fascinating topic, so let's get acquainted with the history of the pasta recipe for spaghetti before we start cooking.

Where did the Italian pasta come from?

Spaghetti with tomato sauce - Corona dishItalian cuisine, which for sure everyone tried. The history of the recipe is inseparably linked with the history of Italy itself. It's safe to say that spaghetti would not have been so popular if it had not been for the development and perfection of delicious sauces that give a special flavor to the dish. Initially, the Italians used sauces, so that the food was not just "dry". That is, the first sauces were nothing more than ordinary broth, and the cooks believed that the meat gives the main flavor to the dish. As different greens and spices were imported by the Romans, these sauces became more delicious - at least for those who could afford them. The oldest of all Italian sauces is pesto sauce. This is a transparent sauce, the recipe of which consists of olive oil, basil, nuts, cheese. All the ingredients were finely grinded with a mortar and pestle. Pesto was originally used as a seasoning for flavoring broths or simple soups. But the recipe for Italian sauce for pasta from tomatoes appeared much later. Why is that? Because tomatoes were originally from South America, and not from Italy. And they were brought to the European markets somewhere in the 1500s. In addition, tomatoes were at first considered poisonous, and thus they were considered only as an ornamental plant. Only later they began to eat. The earliest known Italian red sauce was the famous marinara sauce. His recipe was invented in the area of ​​Naples. The word "marinara" in translation from Italian means "at sea", since early marinara sauces often contained seafood. In the late 1800s a considerable number of Italians emigrated to the USA, Australia and other countries, taking with them a recipe of the national dish and distributing it among numerous other cultures. Thus, a combination of spaghetti and red sauce had to taste to other people. Ultimately, the recipe for Italian pasta has become famous and popular all over the world.

The recipe for pasta with marinara sauce

Ingredients

• 100 grams of large shrimp,
• 1 small squid carcass,
• 1 medium bulb,
• 2 cloves garlic or ¼ teaspoon garlic powder,
• 1 small green sweet pepper,
• 1 tbsp. l. olive or vegetable oil,
• 1 diced tomato,
• 1 tbsp. l. tomato sauce,
• 1 tbsp. l. chopped fresh basil or 1 tsp. dried basil,
• 1 ½ tsp. sliced ​​fresh oregano or ½ tsp. dry leaves of oregano,
• ¼ tsp. salt,
• ¼ tsp. fennel seeds (if desired),
• 1/8 tsp. pepper,
• 300 grams of raw spaghetti.

Preparation:

Seafood defrost. In a saucepan, boil water, salt. Boil the squid and shrimp for 2 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and cut into small pieces.

Peel and slice onions. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Cut the pepper along in half and peel it from seeds and membranes. Cut the peppers.

In a frying pan heat the oil over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the onion, garlic and sweet pepper. Stew for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add in the frying pan tomatoes, tomato sauce,basil, oregano, 1/4 tsp. salt, fennel seeds, pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat. As soon as it boils, reduce the heat to such an extent that the mixture quite a bit of bubbling and not splashing.

Add the seafood and mix the mixture.

Cover and simmer for 35 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Reduce the heat if the sauce is boiling too much.

While the sauce is being prepared, put a pan on the stovewith water. Add 1/2 tsp. salt. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil on high heat. Start the spaghetti. Wait for the water to boil again. Cook spaghetti should be from 8 to 10 minutes, often stirring, until soft, but not until boiling.

Throw the pasta in a colander, and pour the water into the sink. Give a little water to drain from the spaghetti.

Serve spaghetti with tomato sauce marinara. You can decorate with olives and basil.

The recipe for Carbonara paste

Ingredients

• 400 g of paste of any kind,
• 150 g of bacon,
• 1/2 onion (small cubes),
• 2 cloves garlic, chop,
• 3 whole eggs,
• 3/4 cup finely grated parmesan,
• 3/4 cup thick cream,
• salt and black pepper,
• 1/2 tbsp. fresh or canned peas.

Preparation:

Cook the paste according to the instructions on the package.

While preparing the pasta, fry the baconto a barely crispy crust. Remove the bacon from the frying pan and place on a napkin to allow excess fat to stack. Pour all of the bacon fat out of the pan, but do not wash it. Return the frying pan to the stove and place in it onion and garlic. Fry until golden brown. Set aside.

In a bowl, mix the eggs, parmesan, cream, salt and pepper until smooth.

When the paste is ready, pour yourself a cup of water,in which it was cooked. The rest can be poured into the sink. Place the paste in a bowl. While the pasta is still hot, slowly pour the egg mixture into them, stirring the pasta all the time. The sauce will become thick and cover the paste. Add a little of our hot water to the paste, if necessary for consistency.

Then add the peas, bacon, fried in oil onions with garlic. Mix well as you add ingredients

Serve immediately to the table, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. Bon Appetit!

How to choose a sauce for spaghetti?

These tips will help you find a match betweenvarious kinds of spaghetti and sauces that are most suited to them. The main thing here is for the sauce to adhere well to the surface of spaghetti. When this happens, the noodles absorb the taste of the sauce better, and the whole dish becomes more delicious. This is the main reason why you should stop adding oil to spaghetti during cooking, because if the oil is added, it covers the outer surface of the spaghetti and prevents sticking of the sauce. The general rule is that the thinner and longer the spaghetti, the safer it should be for them; and vice versa: the thicker and shorter the spaghetti, the thicker the sauce should be. Below are specific recommendations for each of the different types of spaghetti. Keep in mind that these are not strict rules that no one dares to violate. These are just tips, tested by time and experience. Long pasta: linguini, fettuccini, tagliatelle. For them suitable thick cheese or cream sauces; Oily sauces with slices of herbs, vegetables; tomato sauces; sauces with large pieces of meat, seafood. Thin paste: spaghettini, spaghetti, fedelini. They are characterized by an average density of cheese and cream sauces; Oily sauces with small pieces of herbs, vegetables; tomato sauces; sauces with small pieces of meat, chicken or seafood. Fine pasta: vermicelli and another. Suitable liquid cream sauces; Oily sauces with very thin and small pieces of herbs, vegetables; liquid tomato sauces.

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