SPAGHETTI WITH KALE, ANCHOVIES AND CHILLI
SPAGHETTI WITH KALE, ANCHOVIES AND CHILLI
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.