Name: Brooklyn: Chianti and Garlic Spaghetti
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 1 pound - dried spaghetti pasta; water (as needed); salt and pepper (as needed); 3 tbsp - olive oil; 2 - garlic cloves (minced); 3 shallots (minced); 3/4 cup - chianti or any red drinking wine; 20 oz - canned crush tomatoes; parmesan (garnish); basil (garnish)

Brooklyn: Chianti and Garlic Spaghetti

MRS FIORELLO: Hey, how did you learn to eat spaghetti like that?

EILIS: I’ve been taking lessons.

LAURENZIO: Lessons? Like, in a class? You can do that? Maybe I could teach it.

EILIS: No, no. Diana, who lives in the boarding house with me… She cooked me some spaghetti and made me try and eat it without making a mess.

BROOKLYN, 2015

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Brooklyn: Chianti and Garlic Spaghetti

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Brooklyn: Chianti and Garlic Spaghetti

A recipe inspired by the spaghetti scene in the 2015 film, Brooklyn.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 40

Total Time 55

Servings: 4

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

1 pound - dried spaghetti pasta
water as needed
salt and pepper as needed
3 tbsp - olive oil
2 - garlic cloves minced
3 shallots minced
3/4 cup - chianti or any red drinking wine
20 oz - canned crush tomatoes
parmesan garnish
basil garnish

Method

Fill a large pot with water and place over high heat. Bring to a boil and season generously with salt. Boil the pasta until al dente. This will take approximately 7 minutes.
While the pasta is cooking, heat 3 tbsp of oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Once hot, add the minced garlic and shallots and cook until softened. Add the wine and simmer until reduced to about 1/4 of the original amount.
Add the canned tomatoes and let it simmer for 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with grated parmesan and chopped basil.

Brooklyn: Chianti and Garlic Spaghetti

Ingredients

Method

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