Spaghetti Alla Carrettiera

9 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1-2 dried whole chili pepper to taste
  • 100 grams canned tuna
  • 20 grams dried porcini mushrooms
  • 200 grams canned tomatoes
  • salt
  • 200 grams spaghetti
  • 2 tablespoons minced flat leaf parsley

Directions

  1. 1
    About half an hour before starting cooking, soak dried mushrooms in warm water in a small bowl.
  2. 2
    Warm extra virgin olive oil in a medium pan with finely sliced garlic. Add crumbled chili pepper and let develop some flavor for a couple of minutes.
  3. 3
    Add tuna and drained mushrooms (reserve sieved soaking water). Stir and wait a couple of minutes, then add tomatoes. Season with salt, stir and let simmer for about 15 minutes. Add some of the reserved mushroom soaking water if needed.
  4. 4
    In the meanwhile cook pasta in salted boiling water until al dente (just a couple of minutes before what's stated on the packaging). Once ready drain it and add it to the sauce, together with parsley. Toss for a couple of minutes then serve with more minced parsley to taste.

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