Pasta alla Puttanesca with Handmade Black Pasta

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   Put the durum semolina in a large bowl, and form a well in the middle.

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   Put the other pasta ingredients in the well.

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   Mix up the ingredients in the well with a fork.

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   Gradually crumble the semolina 'wall' around it to mix in.

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   When it's more or less mixed together, start kneading.

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   Knead the dough well and form a ball.

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   Leave the dough to rest for a while (If the dough is stiff, add a little water to adjust.)

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   Roll the rested dough about 3 to 5 mm thick (no.

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   3 on the thickness dial on a pasta machine).

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    Fold the dough into thirds.

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    Roll the folded dough again to 3-5 mm thickness.

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    Fold the dough again, tucking in the ragged edges.

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    Roll the dough out to your desired thickness.

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    The dough in the photo is rolled out with no.

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    5 on the thickness dial of the pasta machine.

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    Dust both sides of the rolled out dough with flour.

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    Cut the dough.

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    If you don't have a pasta machine, flour the dough well and slice with a knife.

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    Dry the pasta out for 10 minutes to an hour after cutting it so that the strands don't stick together.

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    The pasta is done.

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    You can dry it on a rack as shown in step 13.

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    You can dry the pasta completely on a rack at this stage, but it becomes brittle so handle it carefully.

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    By drying the pasta out, it becomes elastic.

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    Make the sauce while the pasta dries.

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    Put the sliced red chili pepper, garlic, olive oil and anchovy paste in a small pan, and stir fry until fragrant.

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    Adjust the saltiness by adding more or less anchovy!

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    Add the rest of the sauce ingredients and simmer.

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    Boil the pasta for 1 to 3 minutes in plenty of boiling water.

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    Add a little olive oil to the cooking water to prevent the pasta from sticking.

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    Since puttanesca sauce is salty because of the anchovies, you don't need to salt the cooking water unlike with other pasta dishes.

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    Serve the sauce on the pasta.

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    If you want to fully enjoy the flavor of the black squid ink pasta on its own: Boil in salted water.

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    Omit step 15 of the sauce making process.

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    Saute the pasta in the spicy garlic oil from step 14 with a little bit of the cooking water, and make a simple aglio, olio e peperoncino.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.