Spaghettini con Mozzarella

Name: Spaghettini con Mozzarella (Thin spaghetti with mozzarella)
Yield: Serves 4-5
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 firm tomatoes; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 8 oz (225 g) mozzarella cheese, diced; 2 egg yolks; 5 fl oz (150 ml) carton of double cream; 12 oz (350 g) spaghettini or quick cooking spaghetti; 3 tablespoons (3 X 15 ml spoon) finely chopped fresh chives; 4 tablespoons (4 X 15 ml spoon) capers

Thin spaghetti with mozzarella

Preparation info

Serves
4-5

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pasta Italian Style

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1991

About

It isn’t only pizzas that benefit from mozzarella. In minutes the cheese melts into a creamy sauce for pasta. Capers and tomatoes add their flavour to make this dish a light but tasty treat.

Ingredients

4 firm tomatoes
4 tablespoons (4 X 15 ml spoon) capers

Europe
Italy
Main course
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Pasta

Method

Drop the tomatoes, one at a time, into a small saucepan of boiling water to cover. Leave for 5 seconds, remove with a slotted spoon and peel off the skin. Slice in half lengthways, squeeze out the seeds and discard. Chop the flesh into small dice, mix in a bowl with all the other ingredients except the pasta and season.

Cook the pasta ‘al dente’, drain, but not too energetically, and re