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Pasta all'Nduja

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Pasta all'Nduja

Main Dish
⏱ 25 min
👥 Serves 2
Difficulty ⭐⭐

A fiery pasta built on Calabria's famous spreadable salami — pork and chili fermented into 'nduja.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

A pasta built around 'nduja, the signature specialty of Calabria, the region forming the "toe" of the Italian boot. 'Nduja is a spicy salami made from pork fat fermented and cured with a huge quantity of chili, soft enough to spread with a knife straight from the jar — believed to originate in the mountain village of Spilinga. Born from a poor rural tradition of preserving meat with generous chili, its intense savoriness and heat have recently caught on across Italy and Europe as a trendy topping for pasta and pizza alike.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a mountain village in Calabria, the smell of curing 'nduja drifts from a smokehouse as locals spread it on bread with an aperitif before dinner.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil and garlic in a pan; once fragrant, break up the 'nduja and cook, letting its fat render out.

  2. Add the canned tomatoes and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.

  3. Boil the pasta in well-salted water.

  4. Add the cooked pasta to the sauce, loosening with a little pasta water as you toss.

  5. Plate and top with Parmesan and parsley, if using.

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