15m
PREP TIME
15m
COOK TIME
11
INGREDIENTS
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 8 cups water
- 2 teaspoons salt
-
1
pound
spaghetti
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Substitutions available
/ bucatini pasta
- 3 tablespoons lard
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons McCormick® Garlic Powder
- 2 teaspoons McCormick® Onion Powder
- 3/4 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Ground Black Pepper
- 1/2 cup tomato purée
- 1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for garnishing
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 Bring water to boil in large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add salt and spaghetti. Cook, stirring occasionally, just until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain pasta, reserving cooking water. Keep warm.
- 2 Meanwhile, melt lard in large deep skillet on medium-high heat. Add tomato paste, garlic powder, onion powder and black pepper and whisk to combine. Cook 3 to 4 minutes or until tomato paste has darkened in color. Stir in tomato puree. Reduce heat to medium. Carefully whisk in 3/4 cup of the reserved pasta cooking water. Bring to simmer.
- 3 Place Parmesan cheese in medium bowl. Stir in 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water, mixing well to create a paste. Add Parmesan mixture to lard mixture, mixing until well blended.
- 4 Transfer hot pasta to pan with lard sauce; add parsley tossing to mix with sauce. Add additional pasta water, 1 tablespoon at a time, to thin sauce if desired. Serve immediately, sprinkled with additional Parmesan.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
(per Serving)Nutrition information coming soon.
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