Vino Spiked Spaghetti Recipes

SPICY RED-WINE SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta and cook for 6 minutes, stirring pasta occasionally, until par-cooked. Drain and reserve the pasta water.
• In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, shallots, crushed red pepper flakes and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook until the garlic becomes fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the wine and tomato paste. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer gently for 3 minutes.
• Add the pasta to the skillet. Cook, stirring frequently, until almost all of the wine is absorbed and the pasta is tender but still firm to the bite, about 5 minutes (if the pasta mixture is too dry, add pasta cooking water 1/4 cup at a time).
• Stir in the butter and 1 teaspoon salt. Increase the heat, and toss until the wine sauce thickens enough to coat the pasta, about 1 minute. Toss to blend.
• Add the parsley and goat cheese and serve.

VINO SPIKED SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat. Toss in bell peppers, onion, mushrooms, and hot pepper. Add salt and saute until crisp tender. Then add garlic. Cook for only about 2 or 3 more minutes, as garlic burns easily.
• Add ground beef, brown.
• Add sauce, tomatoes, paste, and spaghetti sauce. Blend and cook for five to ten minutes.
• Add herbs. Stir. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle in sugar. Stir. Then add wine.
• Cook over medium low to medium heat for one to two hours, stirring occasionally. This will bubble up and pop out of the pan. So keep an eye on it and adjust the heat if necessary. When sauce is almost ready prepare pasta according to box directions.
• * Dried herbs are stronger than fresh so use less. They also have a different taste, although not as noticeable in this type of recipe. The wine added at the end produces a wonderful background flavor to the dish. This sauce can be kept up to six days in the refrigerator or frozen for three to four months if sealed tightly.

SPAGHETTI AL VINO ROSSO

Steps:

• Wash the leek and slice it thinly and place it in a pan with the butter.
• Sauté with the lid on (add a little water if necessary) until soft.
• Add wine, nutmeg, sugar and salt.
• Let it boil gently, until it thickens.
• Homogenize the sauce with an immersion blender.
• Cook the pasta al dente.
• Drain the pasta and put it in the pan with the 'drunken sauce'.
• Sprinkle with grated pecorino and heat.

SPAGHETTI WITH RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it. Put the oil, garlic and hot pepper in a large, deep skillet.
• When the water boils, add the pasta; turn the heat under the skillet to high. Cook the pasta as usual, stirring. As soon as the garlic begins to brown, sprinkle it with salt and pepper to taste and add three-quarters of the bottle of wine (a little more than two cups); bring to a boil and keep it there.
• When the pasta beings to bend--after less than five minutes of cooking--drain it and add it to the wine mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, adding wine a little at a time if the mixture threatens to dry out completely.
• Taste the pasta frequently. When it is done--tender but with a little bite--stir in the butter and turn off the heat. When the butter glazes the pasta, serve it immediately.