Black Spaghetti with Raw Tomato Sauce

Name: Black Spaghetti with Raw Tomato Sauce
Ingredients: 300 g (10 oz) black (squid ink) spaghetti, regular spaghetti is also okay of course, but this looks so ridiculously good.; salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 balls mozzarella, torn into pieces; 1 red chilli pepper; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 small bunch of basil; 100 ml (approx. 3 fl oz/½ cup) olive oil, plus a little extra; zest and juice of ½ lemon; 8 good tasty tomatoes

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Made

By Yvette van Boven

Published 2011

About

I believe there are as many recipes for fresh tomato sauce as there are people in Europe. But this very simple one we like to make in the restaurant. Be careful, this is an uncooked sauce!

Ingredients

For the Sauce

8 good tasty tomatoes
zest and juice of ½ lemon
2 gar

Main course
Vegetarian

Method

Purée 6 tomatoes in a blender or food processor, together with the lemon, garlic and chilli (seeds removed, if you don’t go for spicy). Taste and add salt and pepper, as needed. Quarter the remaining 2 tomatoes, remove the seeds and cut the pulp into small cubes. Stir the cubes through the sauce.

In another tall container, purée the basil with the olive oil until smooth and add