Midnight pasta

There’s something about pasta, cooked properly, that trumps all the other possibilities. And the smell of pasta boiling is a heady cheap thrill. With a few basic staple pantry items, a true feast can be ready in minutes. Good spaghetti, good olive oil, garlic and a little red pepper are all you need, plus some anchovy and capers if you have them.

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Tomato paste gives this speedy midnight pasta, studded with anchovy and garlic, its color and umami. If you’re not an anchovy fan, you can substitute a few tablespoons of chopped capers or olives. Be generous when adding the pasta water to the pan. The mixture should look soupy at first, but the sauce will thicken up as you toss.

This anchovy pasta with capers recipe is both simple and delicious! It's the perfect pasta dish to make for midnight dinner or when you are on a budget.

This comes from NYTimes Cooking and Melissa Clark – and it is a quick, simple and satisfying pasta that combines garlic, anchovies and tomato paste into a light and tasty sauce. For this you&…

This recipe is a version of aglio e olio pasta, which is often known as midnight pasta because it can be made quickly with a few pantry staples: garlic, olive oil, red-pepper flakes and pasta. This recipe takes a bit more time because it calls for roasting the garlic first, but doing so adds a complex, mellow flavor to the entire dish. If you’re a planner, you could even roast a couple of heads of garlic in advance. (Roasted garlic will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for…

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When you need a last-minute dinner—whether you’re rushing between appointments or arriving home late—turn to midnight pasta. The 5-ingredient Italian dinner is easy and totally customizable.

A simple and easy recipe that requires just a few ingredients but is full of flavor. An Italian comfort food meal that will become your new favorite dinner or late night snack!

It's almost too easy. Seems a tad cliche; well, that's because it is! I contemplated waiting to post the Midnight Pasta recipe for the summer, when it's great on a hot summer night with a small glass of wine and big glass of water, but it's too good not to share. Especially now. And what better night than New Year's Eve? You're probably wondering why I waited until New Year's Eve Day to post this. And cursing me perhaps that I haven't given enough time to prepare a list and buy the…