Delicious Tomato Nduja Pasta (pasta con nduja)
This insanely delicious tomato nduja pasta will become a go-to recipe in your house, I just know it. It's a quick and glossy tomato pasta with the secret flavour weapon of nduja added.
Servings: 2 people
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ red onion finely chopped
- 2 - 2/12 tablespoons nduja
- 1 ½ cups tomato passata
- ¾ teaspoon sugar
- 50 g butter cubed
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Pasta of your choice see notes
Instructions
- Cook your pasta in a pot of well salted boiling water.
- Gently fry the onion in a large skillet over medium heat until softened, 3 - 4 minutes.
- Add the nduja paste and cook for 30 secconds or so until melted into the onions. I use a flat whisk to incorporate.
- Add the passata and bring to a very gentle simmer, you might need to lower the heat.
- Add the sugar and a big pinch of salt and pepper.
- Add ½ cup pasta water and gently simmer the sauce for 4 - 5 minutes.
- Add the cubed butter and allow it to melt and mix into the sauce.
- Add the cooked pasta straight in and let it gently bubble away for a minute or two, add more pasta water if you need to loosen.
- Serve with the optional panko crumbs, freshly grated parmesan and some fresh basil leaves if desired.
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Notes
Pasta - Weigh your pasta portions so you have a perfect ratio of sauce to pasta. For two people I allow 200 grams dried or 300 grams fresh pasta.
Panko crumbs - If you want to top with the crumbs then fry ½ - 1 cup of panko breadcrumbs in a tablespoon of olive oil over a medium heat until golden brown.
Double the recipe for 4.