Pasta with Nduja
A unique spicy pasta recipe from Calabria, perfect for anyone who likes spicy food!
Ingredients
- 100 g Nduja soft salami (3.5oz)
- 400 g Fileja Pasta (14oz) you can use other short pasta such as maccheroni or penne, or spaghetti
- 1 large red Tropea onion peeled and chopped
- 400 g Tomato pulp or peeled and chopped fresh tomatoes (14oz) datterini are good
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 50 g Parmigiano cheese. (2oz) grated or Pecorino
- Salt to cook pasta and to season
- pepper to season
Instructions
- Put a pan of salted water on to boil for the pasta.
- Remove the Nduja from the skin, put it in a bowl and mash it with a fork to soften it.
- Heat some extra virgin olive oil In a non-stick skillet
- Add the onion and cook over a low heat for a few minutes.
- When the onion is translucent add the Nduja in small pieces. (The amount you use depends on how spicy you want the dish. Start with 100grms and see how you go)
- Leave the Nduja for two minutes on a low heat so it melts. Add a little hot water to make it more liquidy if necessary.
- Add the tomato pulp/peeled tomatoes.
- Turn up the heat for 2 minutes until the water from the tomatoes evaporates.
- Cook for another 10-15 minutes over medium heat, so that the sauce thickens and reduces a little.
- Season with salt and pepper as required.
- Cook the pasta "al dente" and then drain it and toss it in the pan with the sauce and mix everything together well.
- Sprinkle with Parmigiano or Pecorino cheese and serve immediately.
- Buon Appetito!
Notes
Nduja can be bought as a whole 'sausage' or in jars. We usually buy the sausage here in Italy but if it comes from Calabria I would assume the Nduja is good from a jar too. Nduja is typically eaten with short pasta such as fileja, maccheroni, penne, fusilli etc or spaghetti. This recipe can be used with any of these types of pasta.
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Oh wow! This is my first time learning about nduja and as a pastaholic, this is a recipe I need to make asap.
I’ve never heard of nduja before but it sounds worth a try! The finished dish looks so delicious!
I have never heard of nduja before, but that’s the beauty of food blogs – you get to learn new things everyday! Would love to give this one a try!
I’ve never heard of nduja but this sounds delicious!
This looks very innovative! Never thought of making it! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve never heard of nduja. I am going to have to go to one of the Italian markets here in NYC and see if I can find it to try!
This dish looks like something I would like to try. I am not sure I can get Nduja salami in Switzerland. I have never heard.
Oh – yes! I do really enjoy spice! And I love all sorts of pasta! I could seriously eat pasta everyday, though I don’t. This looks delicious and something I’d love to try 🙂
I love the look of that pasta and the sound of that spicy salami, Yum Yum yummy. It definitely is a lovely recipe that I’d love to try. Not sure if I could get hold of that salami here but will look it up. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and delicious looking recipe.
This pasta looks amazing! I am definitely going to have to try this some time. I had never seen soft salami, so I will be on the lookout now!
I must try this. Pasta with marinara is such a comfort dish for us, we end up making it quite often. This will be a nice variation. I am not sure if my local stores carry Nduja. Time to go exploring