Spaghetti With Spanish Flavours

⏱ 20 mins 🍽 4 serving(s) 🏷 Spaghetti

This quick spaghetti dish brings the vibrant tastes of Spain to your table in just 20 minutes. Sliced chorizo and jarred red peppers are fried with olive oil and black pepper, then tossed with cooked pasta, fresh parsley, and grated parmesan. A splash of starchy pasta water creates a light, glossy sauce. For a vegetarian version, simply swap the chorizo for chopped olives and sundried tomatoes.

Spaghetti With Spanish Flavours

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 ounces chorizo sausage, sliced
  • 10 ounces spaghetti
  • 1 ounce flat leaf parsley (a good handful)
  • 2 red peppers, from a jar (in brine or oil)
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 ounces parmesan cheese, finely grated, plus extra to serve

Method

  1. Bring a large pan of water to a boil. While waiting, use scissors to snip the chorizo into strips and chop the parsley and peppers, ensuring any seeds are removed.
  2. Once the water is boiling vigorously, add the spaghetti with a generous amount of salt. Stir and return to a boil, then cook for the time specified on the packet.
  3. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the chorizo strips and chopped peppers, seasoning with a good amount of black pepper.
  4. Fry the mixture for about a minute until everything is hot and the oil takes on a red hue from the chorizo's paprika.
  5. Reserve half a mug of the starchy pasta water from the cooking pan. Drain the remaining water and transfer the cooked spaghetti into the frying pan.
  6. Add the chopped parsley and 2 ounces of grated parmesan to the pan. Toss everything together well, adding a splash of the reserved pasta water to loosen the mixture.
  7. Serve immediately, offering extra parmesan cheese at the table.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium532000 mg

Recipe details

CategorySpaghetti
AuthorEnglish_Rose