Recipes · Italian · Main Courses
Spaghetti alla Carrettiera (Sicilian Raw Tomato, Garlic and Pecorino Spaghetti)
One serving has 672 kcal and 23 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (133%), thiamin (102%), manganese (77%), folate (71%), niacin (67%) and vitamin C (62%). Ready in 26 minutes.
- Preparation: 15 min
- Cooking: 11 min
- Makes: 1 serving (318 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: dairy, gluten
Ingredients
- 160 g Ripe cherry tomatoes
- 5 g Garlic
- 6 g Basil, fresh
- 0.5 g Dried chilli (peperoncino)
- 15 g Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 g Salt
- 110 g Spaghetti
- 20 g Pecorino, grated
- 0.2 g Black pepper
Method
- Wash and quarter the tomatoes and put them in a large bowl with the finely chopped garlic, the torn basil, the crumbled chilli, the olive oil and half the salt. Stir and leave for 15-20 minutes, while the pasta water comes to the boil, so the tomatoes give up their juice.
- Bring a large pan of water to the boil with the rest of the salt and cook the spaghetti for 9-11 minutes, until al dente.
- Drain it, keeping a little of the water, and tip the hot spaghetti straight into the bowl of tomatoes. Toss it well for a minute: the heat of the pasta warms the sauce without cooking it.
- Add the pecorino and toss again with a spoonful of the pasta water to make it creamy. Grind over some pepper.
- Serve at once. The name means carter's style: Sicilian cart drivers made it on long journeys from what kept, garlic, oil and cheese, with fresh tomatoes and no cooking but the pasta.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 672 kcal | 32% |
| Carbohydrates | 94 g | |
| Water | 174 mL | |
| Fiber | 7.3 g | 25% |
| Protein | 22.6 g | 47% |
| Tryptophan | 0.3 g | |
| Threonine | 0.76 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.92 g | |
| Leucine | 1.7 g | |
| Lysine | 0.94 g | |
| Methionine | 0.34 g | |
| Cystine | 0.33 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.1 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.63 g | |
| Valine | 1.1 g | |
| Histidine | 0.58 g | |
| Fat | 23.2 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 12.7 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 2.4 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 2.1 g | |
| Saturated | 5.8 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 20.8 mg | |
| Calcium | 275 mg | 27% |
| Copper | 0.46 mg | 51% |
| Iron | 4.7 mg | 26% |
| Magnesium | 91.4 mg | 29% |
| Manganese | 1.4 mg | 77% |
| Phosphorus | 417 mg | 60% |
| Potassium | 728 mg | 15% |
| Selenium | 73.2 µg | 133% |
| Sodium | 692 mg | |
| Zinc | 2.5 mg | 31% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 1.1 mg | 102% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.63 mg | 57% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 9.3 mg | 67% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.61 mg | 12% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.34 mg | 26% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 283 µg | 71% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.22 µg | 9% |
| Choline | 37.7 mg | 9% |
| Vitamin A | 41.7 µg | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 46.3 mg | 62% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 4 IU | 1% |
| Vitamin E | 4 mg | 26% |
| Vitamin K | 42.1 µg | 47% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.5 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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