Salami Pasta

9 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 14-16 slices good salami
  • 2 oz Pecorino cheese
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 8 oz dried spaghetti
  • 1 cup light cream
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 lemon

Directions

  1. 1
    Boil water in large pot - make sure there's lots of room for the pasta.
  2. 2
    Roll salami slices into cigar shape, then cut crosswise into thin strips.
  3. 3
    Crush fennel seeds in pestle/mortar.
  4. 4
    Slice garlic thinly and strip rosemary leaves.
  5. 5
    2 Tblespns olive oil in fry pan, add garlic, fennel, rosemary, and fry for about 5 mins until salami is crisp. remove from pan and drain on paper towels.
  6. 6
    Cook pasta al dente. While cooking, beat egg yolks in large bowl with cream, grated lemon zest and 1/2 the pecorino cheese.
  7. 7
    Drain cooked pasta, save a mug of the cooking water if the pasta gets dry when mixing.
  8. 8
    Put pasta back in pot, pour oil from fry pan in, add egg mix, stir all thru the pasta. Add some cooking water if needed.
  9. 9
    Serve pasta with salami on top, grate rest of pecorino over pasta and salami,

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