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Spaghetti alle Vongole (Spaghetti with Clams) 32 min 18 min

Spaghetti alle Vongole (Spaghetti with Clams)

Naples' clam pasta: fresh clams steamed open in garlicky olive oil with a little chile, tossed with spaghetti and parsley. Add tomatoes for the red version or leave them out for the white. Adapted from “Spaghetti with Clams” in the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Added soaking the clams to purge sand; tomatoes made optional (the source's white version), canned clams left out and oil and garlic given amounts. Serves 4 rather than 6. Photo: Ka23 13, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Vongole 20220312 113850”).

Spaghetti alla Carbonara 25 min 13 min

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

The Roman classic with no cream: crisp guanciale, egg yolks, pecorino and plenty of black pepper, turned silky by the heat of the pasta. Adapted from “Spaghetti alla Carbonara” in the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Pork, cheese and oil set to single amounts; steps reordered to run in parallel. Photo: Luca Nebuloni, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Spaghetti alla carbonara (32998643591)”).

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca 34 min 16 min

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

A punchy pantry pasta from the Italian islands: anchovies melted into olive oil, then olives, capers, tomatoes and a little chile. Ready in the time the pasta takes. Adapted from “Spaghetti alla Puttanesca” in the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Scaled from 6–8 to 4 servings with fewer anchovies; timings added. Photo: Popo le Chien, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Pasta Puttanesca”).