Comments on: Lost Recipes Found: Spaghetti with Parsley, Almond, and Anchovy Pesto http://ericademane.com/2007/01/24/lost-recipes-found-spaghetti-with-parsley-almond-and-anchovy-pesto/ Cooking and Tasting All Things Italian in New York Mon, 28 May 2012 23:10:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Erica http://ericademane.com/2007/01/24/lost-recipes-found-spaghetti-with-parsley-almond-and-anchovy-pesto/#comment-3108 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:20:04 +0000 http://ericademane.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-3108 Hi Nancy,

The dish you’re describing sounds to me a lot like something I was served on several occasions in Basilicata, a dish called bucatini di fuoco. This is a pasta dressed with a pesto made from roasted hot and sweet chilies, anchovies,and garlic. It’s quite spicy. Could be a version of that, but yours was served with a thinner pasta, probably capellini.

I’ve never made this exact sauce at home, but the idea is to char the chilis over a flame, peel and seed them and then grind them together with anchovies and a little garlic. It’s also used at a condimento for fish. As far as I can remember, there was no tomato in the sauce, although certain versions may contain sundried tomatoes, which are very popular down there.

Just a hunch.

Erica

]]> By: Nancy Perry http://ericademane.com/2007/01/24/lost-recipes-found-spaghetti-with-parsley-almond-and-anchovy-pesto/#comment-3101 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:22:15 +0000 http://ericademane.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-3101 I was wondering if you could help me with a recipe. Years ago, I had an employee who would bring me some sort of pasta dish, that I absolutely loved. The things I remember is that it was thinner than spaghetti, and it was more of a Pesto, than a sauce. It did have anchovies in it, plus it was a little spicy. And it was red. I could probably figure it out… except for the red. Do I use dried tomatoes or tomato paste? I would experiment except my husband is allergic to anchovies… so I would be the only one eating the failures. Thanks so much!

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