Spaghetti With Hake
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 500 g spaghetti
- 300 g hake (naselli/merluzzi)
- 60 g butter
- 4 spoons olive oil
- 4 spoons Marsala
- nutmeg
- 1 onion
- tomato sauce or conserva
- parmesan
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Squeeze a chopped onion to remove its sharpness; brown it in oil, then add the hake pieces with salt and pepper.
- Add tomato sauce or conserva in water to cook the fish, then pass it through a wire sieve to extract all the pulp.
- Return the pulp to the heat with butter, Marsala and nutmeg; bring to a boil and adjust consistency.
- Dress the spaghetti (cooked in salted water) with the sauce and parmesan.