Nduja Pasta - Easy and Delicious!

Nduja Pasta, a flavorful pasta dish featuring a simple sauce made with red onion, tomato passata, basil, and of course, nduja! Traditional to Calabria, this is a great recipe to make if you're looking to try something new.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Servings people

Calories 622kcal

Author Pina Bresciani

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil extra virgin
2 tablespoon red onion chopped
2 cups passata (strained tomatoes)
200 grams fidanzati capresi pasta
fresh basil
3 tablespoon nduja
salt to taste

Instructions

In a large pan that will fit the pasta, add the olive oil over medium heat.
Once the olive oil is warmed through, add the red onion, let it cook until fragrant, a few minutes.
While making the sauce, bring a pot of water to a boil, add salt, and drop the pasta in. Cook until it's before al dente (about 2-3 minutes before it's done cooking, remove it from the pot and place it into the sauce – it will finish cooking in the sauce)
Add the passata. Add a pinch of salt.
Let the passata cook down for 10-15 minutes. Add the nduja hand torn basil in and stir. The nduja will almost melt into the sauce.
Add the pasta to the sauce. Add pasta water if needed. Continue to cook the pasta in the pan until tit absorbs the sauce it is al dente. If it needs more time to cook, add more pasta water.
Plate and top with more fresh basil, enjoy!

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Notes

Fidanzati capresi pasta is used in this recipe - but any type of pasta can be used, penne, rigatoni, spaghetti, etc
Using the recommended amount of nduja in this recipe will make the final dish quite spicy. If you prefer less spice, use less nduja than recommended.
If preferred, grated parmigiano reggiano may bee added as a final touch to the dish, but it is not necessary

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