Spaghetti with Spanish flavours
An easy Spanish dinner made with pork. Ready in about 20 minutes. Difficulty: easy.
- 15 minPrep (about)
- 5 minCook (about)
- 20 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- EasyDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 13 oz chorizo
Fresh & other
- 3 lb spaghetti
- 3 ¼ oz parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- 9 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 8 oz parmesan cheese
Sauces & oils
- ½ cup + 1 tbsp olive oil
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Put pan of water on over high heat to boil.
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While that cooks, snip the chorizo into strips with scissors.
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Chop the parsley and peppers.
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Wait until the water is boiling briskly.
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Add your spaghetti with a good measure of salt, mix.
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Return to the boil.
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Cook for 3 minutes.
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Heat the oil in a large frying pan.
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Add your chorizo plus peppers and plenty of black pepper.
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Cook for a minute or so, until hot all the way through plus your juices are stained red from your paprika in the chorizo.
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Scoop half mugful of pasta water from the pan.
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Drain the remainder and tip the spaghetti in the frying pan.
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Add the parsley and parmesan.
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Toss fully plus splash in the pasta water, to moisten.
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Hand round extra parmesan at the table.
On the side: Garlic bread
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (15 min)
- Heat the oven to 400°F. Mash the soft butter with the minced garlic.
- Split the bread, spread on the garlic butter and bake 8 to 10 minutes until golden. Slice.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.