In the realm of culinary delights, there exists a dish that harmoniously marries the rustic charm of chickpeas with the comforting embrace of spaghetti. This delectable creation known as "spaghetti alla ceci" or "spaghetti with chickpeas" is a testament to the boundless creativity that resides within the culinary arts. Originating from the sun-kissed shores of Italy, this dish has captivated taste buds across the globe with its symphony of flavors and textures. Whether you're an experienced chef seeking culinary inspiration or a home cook yearning for a hearty and wholesome meal, this comprehensive guide will embark on a culinary journey to discover the secrets behind crafting the perfect spaghetti alla ceci.
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SPAGHETTI ALLA CECI (SPAGHETTI WITH CHICKPEAS) - RACHAEL RAY
On "30 Minute Meals" Rachael served this fast and easy dish up with a wonderful Warm Chopped Chicken Picatta Spinach Salad.
Provided by Julesong
Categories Spaghetti
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large pot, boil the water for pasta, salt it, and cook spaghetti according to package directions to al dente.
- While the pasta cooks, heat a large skillet over medium heat and add extra-virgin olive oil (3 Tbsp, which she describes as "3 turns of the pan") crushed red pepper flakes, and garlic.
- Drain the canned garbanzo beans, then put them in the food processor and pulse-grind them to a fine chop.
- Add chopped garbanzos to the pan and season with thyme, salt, and pepper then sauté for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add starchy water from the cooking pasta and broth (or wine) and cook down for about 30 seconds, then stir in the crushed tomatoes. Cook until tomatoes are heated through, then adjust seasoning to taste.
- Drain pasta (do not rinse), and pour onto serving dish. Top with the sauce and toss with tongs. (Or you can add the drained pasta to the pan and toss with the sauce, then pour onto serving dish.) Top with parsley and some of the grated Parmiginao Reggiano cheese.
- Serve with remaining grated Parmiginao Reggiano and enjoy!
- Note: using about 1/4 cup minced shallots in this, and 1 to 2 cloves garlic (to taste), would be nice, too.
- Note #2: oh my, well! To the reviewer who said the following, please remember that this is someone else's recipe and not mine and that regardless of your objections it is still delicious. At no point does it claim to be authentic. " -- pasta e ceci does not use spaghetti! you use mixed broken pasta. It doesn't ever have tomatoes in it or wine, stock or thyme! This is a traditional southern Italian dish & for us this is quite offensive! You need to use a bunch of parsley you make the sauce using tap water making it very soupy then you add the raw pasta & cook it in the sauce adding more water if needed. This will give you the starch you need to thicken the sauce & make the pasta taste of the sauce. to make it in the manner described in the recipe is like putting jam on a hotdog!" In any case, I hope folks will try the recipe and decide for themselves whether or not they like it. :).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 671.2, Fat 13.5, SaturatedFat 1.9, Sodium 444.7, Carbohydrate 116.1, Fiber 10, Sugar 3.1, Protein 22.2
SPAGHETTI WITH CHICKPEA RED SAUCE
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat the EVOO in a Dutch oven or large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add the rosemary, garlic, chiles, onions and some salt and pepper. Stir and cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Add the tomato paste, stir 1 minute, and then add the wine. To a food processor, add half of the chickpeas and the stock, and pulse into a fine chop but not a puree. Add the chickpea mixture to the sauce. Add in the tomatoes, breaking them up a little and add the remaining whole chickpeas. Reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook to thicken the sauce, about 20 minutes. Turn off and cool, then store for a make-ahead meal.
- Reheat the sauce over medium heat, partially covered, adding a little stock or pasta water to thin, if necessary.
- To serve, bring a pot of water to a boil for the pasta. Salt the water, and cook the pasta to al dente. Remove 1/2 cup of the starchy cooking water and add to the sauce, if necessary. Strain the pasta and add to the sauce. Toss to combine for 1 full minute. Serve the pasta in shallow bowls topped with cheese and parsley.
SPAGHETTI ALL' ELSA
You may think you know how to make spaghetti with sausage, peppers, and onions but my momma has a few twists that makes hers better than yours or maybe even your mama's - strong words, but just taste!
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt the water and add pasta. Cook to al dente, with a bite to it.
- Heat a medium sauce pot over medium-low heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, garlic, and red pepper and let them cook 5 minutes, garlic will be soft and light golden. Remove garlic. Add stock or wine and stir 30 seconds, add tomatoes and combine. Season the sauce with salt, to taste, then stir basil in and reduce heat to low.
- When pasta is cooked, turn off the heat, drain the pasta then add it back to the still-hot, deep pot. Add butter to spaghetti and toss to melt and coat. Add half the red sauce and all of the cheese, work in a handful at a time as you toss to combine. To serve, use tongs or a meat fork to swirl the pasta into buttery, cheesy mounds to pile onto each plate. Top each portion with spoonfuls of remaining sauce. Whoa, Mama!
SPAGHETTI ALLA CECI
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Boil water for pasta, salt it, and cook spaghetti to al dente.
- While spaghetti cooks, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 3 turns of the pan, crushed red pepper flakes and garlic. Place chick peas in food processor and pulse grind them to a fine chop. Add chick peas to garlic and season them with thyme, salt and pepper then saute them for 3 to 4 minutes. Add wine or broth and cook down 30 seconds or so then stir in tomatoes and adjust seasoning. Drain pasta and toss with sauce. Top with parsley and grated cheese.
CECI (CHICKPEAS) SAUCE WITH PENNE
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Time 1h25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large skillet or medium Dutch oven, add the onions, garlic, Fresno chile, rosemary, bay leaf, salt, and pepper and cook to soften, 7 to 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add about 2/3 of the chickpeas to a food processor, then quick-pulse into fine bits. Add the finely chopped chickpeas and remaining whole chickpeas to the pan and heat through. Stir in the stock and tomatoes. Break up the whole tomatoes and simmer the sauce to thicken a little. Cool and store for make-ahead meal.
- Reheat over moderate heat and stir occasionally.
- Bring water to boil for pasta, salt the water and cook to al dente. Reserve a cup of starchy pasta water just before draining. Drain the pasta and place back in the hot pot and toss with the sauce and as much starchy water as you need to combine. Serve the pasta in shallow bowls topped with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and sprinkle of Pecorino cheese and parsley.
SPAGHETTI ALLA CECI
Steps:
- Bring a big pot of water to a boil for the pasta. Salt it and cook the spaghetti to al dente.
- While the spaghetti cooks, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the EVOO, red pepper flakes, and garlic. Place the chickpeas in a food processor and pulse to a fine chop. Add the chickpeas to the skillet with the garlic and season them with the thyme, salt, and pepper. Sauté them for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the wine or stock and cook down for 30 seconds or so, then stir in the tomatoes and adjust the seasoning. Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce. Top the pasta with the parsley and grated cheese.
CREAMY SPAGHETTI AND BEANS - RACHAEL RAY
From Rachael Ray's show, 30 Minute Meals. I made this last night and my bf and I were blown away. When browning the spaghetti, use your biggest pan and turn the heat down to avoid some frustration.
Provided by darthlaurie
Categories Spaghetti
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Place the stock in a sauce pot and warm it over medium heat then reduce to simmer.
- Heat the extra-virgin olive oil and the butter in a large, deep skillet over medium to medium-high heat.
- Add the pancetta to brown slightly.
- Next add the garlic and spaghetti and toast the noodles lightly, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add onions and carrots, bay and thyme and season with salt and pepper.
- Soften veggies a bit, 5 minutes.
- Add wine and allow it to be completely absorbed.
- Add beans then add a few ladles of stock and stir the pasta.
- Keep adding stock a few ladles at a time allowing liquids to be mostly absorbed before adding more, as if you were preparing a risotto.
- When liquids are absorbed and spaghetti is cooked to al dente, 12-15 minutes, stir in cheese.
- Adjust salt and pepper.
- Turn off heat and stir another minute. Remove the bay and thyme stems.
- Serve in shallow bowls and garnish with lots of parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 800.7, Fat 23.4, SaturatedFat 9.4, Cholesterol 38.7, Sodium 851.5, Carbohydrate 104.4, Fiber 5, Sugar 11.2, Protein 30.9
SPAGHETTI ALLA CECI
From Rachael Ray's "Express Lane Meals". I havent made this yet but I am putting it here so I dont forget about it. Iam guessing on the times.
Provided by punkyluv
Categories Spaghetti
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring a big pot of water to boil for the pasta. salt it and cook the spaghetti to al dente.
- While the spaghetti cooks, heat a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the evoo, red pepper flakes, and garlic.
- Place the chickpeas in a food proccessor or pulse to a fine chop.
- Add the chickpeas to the skillet with the garlic and season them with the thyme, salt and pepper.
- Saute them for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add the wine or stock and cook down for 30 seconds or so, then stir in the tomatoes and adjust the seasoning.
- Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce.
- Top the pasta with the parsley and grated cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 685, Fat 13.2, SaturatedFat 1.9, Sodium 517.3, Carbohydrate 115.5, Fiber 9.6, Sugar 6, Protein 20.8
PASTA AL FORNO (RACHAEL RAY)
Make and share this Pasta Al Forno (Rachael Ray) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Irmgard
Categories European
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to boil, then salt and cook the pasta to al dente on the chewy side, 7 minutes.
- Once your pasta water comes to a boil to cook the ziti, preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
- To a medium skillet over medium heat, add the extra virgin olive oil.
- Cook the onions and garlic in the oil 3 to 5 minutes.
- Stir in the tomatoes and bring to a bubble.
- Add the cream and season with the cinnamon, salt and pepper.
- Add the chopped prosciutto to the sauce and stir with the cooked pasta to combine.
- Grease a medium casserole dish.
- Adjust the seasonings and transfer the pasta to the casserole.
- Cover the pasta with parmesan cheese and place in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 665.7, Fat 22.2, SaturatedFat 9.6, Cholesterol 48.1, Sodium 287, Carbohydrate 96.5, Fiber 6, Sugar 3.9, Protein 20.8
CHERRY TOMATO SPAGHETTI ALL'AMATRICIANA - RACHAEL RAY
Make and share this Cherry Tomato Spaghetti All'amatriciana - Rachael Ray recipe from Food.com.
Provided by my3beachbabes
Categories Spaghetti
Time 30m
Yield 4 , 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil, salt it, add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain, reserving 1 cup of pasta cooking water.
- While the pasta is cooking, in a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium to medium high heat. Add the pancetta and cook until crisp, 3-4 minutes. Add the red onion, garlic, and crushed red pepper and cooked until softned, 3-4 minutes. Stir in the wine and cook for 1 minute, then add the tomatoes, parsley and a generous amount of salt and pepper. Cook until the tomatoes burst, 8-10 minutes.
- Stir in reserved pasta cooking water and then the pasta, tossing to coat. Turn off the heat, add the basil, cheese and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 644.8, Fat 16.1, SaturatedFat 4.1, Cholesterol 9.6, Sodium 249, Carbohydrate 97.6, Fiber 7.1, Sugar 7.6, Protein 22.6
Tips:
- Use a good quality olive oil for the best flavor. Extra virgin olive oil is the best choice.
- Don't be afraid to add more garlic if you like it. Garlic is a key ingredient in this dish, so don't be shy with it.
- If you don't have any fresh rosemary, you can use dried rosemary instead. Just be sure to use half the amount, as dried rosemary is more concentrated than fresh rosemary.
- If you don't have any canned chickpeas, you can cook your own. To do this, soak 1 cup of dried chickpeas in water overnight. Then, drain the chickpeas and rinse them. Add the chickpeas to a pot with 3 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 1 hour, or until the chickpeas are tender.
- Serve spaghetti alla ceci with a sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of olive oil. This will add extra flavor and richness to the dish.
Conclusion:
Spaghetti alla ceci is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. It is also a great way to use up leftover chickpeas. This dish is packed with flavor and is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy pasta dish, give spaghetti alla ceci a try!
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