SPAGHETTI WITH KALE, ANCHOVIES AND CHILLI
Ingredients
- 100g/3½oz spaghetti
- 75g/2½oz kale (or spring greens or dark green cabbage)
- roughly chopped
- 25g/1oz tinned anchovies in oil
- chopped
- oil reserved
- 1 garlic clove
- chopped
- grated or crushed
- pinch chilli flakes
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Boil a kettle of water
- pour 1 litre/1¾ pints of the water into a large pan and cook the spaghetti according to packet instructions (100g/3½oz takes about 9-10 minutes).
- Add the kale or greens to the pasta pan for the last 2 minutes of cooking. Drain the cooked pasta and kale
- taking care to keep the kale close to the top of the pot.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the anchovy oil in a frying pan and gently fry the anchovies until they melt. Add the garlic and chilli flakes and fry for 1 minute.
- Spoon the cooked kale into the frying pan and stir it round to coat it in the spicy anchovy.
- Tip the kale back into the pasta and stir through. Season with pepper
- and a little salt.

