SPAGHETTI WITH FRESH TOMATOES, OLIVES, BREADCRUMBS AND BASIL LEAVES
A SICILIAN RECIPE CALLED PASTA CON POMODORI FRESCHI, OLIVE, MOLLICA E BASILICO.

On a beautiful morning, a group of neighbours met in a friend’s olive grove where he demonstrated his new method of pruning olives trees. This will make our lives easier once we have got the trees pruned into their new shape. Even in this traditional activity techniques move on and it is so good to share and discuss with friends. Thank you Roberto for a fun and informative morning.

This is the recipe for the pasta:

Ingredients (serves 2)
250 grams/ 9 oz spaghetti or spaghettoni (big spaghetti) even better
4 tbsp EV olive oil + 1 tbsp for the breadcrumbs
4 tbsp breadcrumbs
2 cloves of garlic
20 olives, stoned
12 cherry tomatoes
4/6 Basil leaves (or as many as you like)
Salt

First of all
In a frying pan pour a tbsp of EV Olive oil and a crushed clove of garlic with the skin. This way the garlic won’t burn. On medium heat sizzle the garlic for a couple of minutes then remove it.
Add the breadcrumbs and toast them until light brown. Then set them aside.
Stone the olives and half the cherry tomatoes
Put a saucepan with water to boil for the pasta and add the salt (depends how you like it but a rough ratio is 10 gr per litre or 1 tbsp for 6 cups of water) and when the water is boiling put the spaghetti in and stir regularly. We need to undercook the spaghetti by 1 or 2 minutes (depending on how al dente you like it)as you finish cooking it in the sauce (saltare in padella)
In a frying pan and pour 4 tbsp of EV olive oil and sizzle a crushed clove of garlic with its skin for a couple of minutes, then add the cherry tomatoes and the olives. Add the tomatoes and the olives, turn up the heat, squash down the tomatoes with a wooden spoon until soft and make sure that they do not stick to the bottom (add a tbsp of water if needed). Add the breadcrumbs and mix them into the sauce. Season and turn the heat off.
Drain the spaghetti (I use tongs). Put the spaghetti in the frying pan where the sauce is and toss them on low heat. Add the basil leaves and serve.

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