If you are not a Sicilian doc, it is difficult that you have frequently heard of pasta with tenerumi. In reality it is a soup, mainly consumed in the summer (yes, it is traditionally eaten hot, although many prefer a cold version), with a ingredient particular. These are the tenerumi, which in Sicilian are i shoots and the tender leaves of a variety of courgette, long, tender and clear, called snake. The recipe for pasta with soft drinks comes from the rural cuisine of Ragusa, and then turns into a gastronomic specialty in the Palermo area. Let's find out how to prepare the pasta with tenerumi.
The recipe for pasta with soft drinks
Ingredients
To prepare the pasta with the tenerumi you will need: 300 g of tenerumi, 500 g of ripe tomatoes, 300 g of long courgette, 100 g of Caciocavallo ragusano, extra virgin olive oil, 200 g of chopped spaghetti, salt, 1 clove of 'garlic.
Method
Wash the softeners well and soak them in cold water. In the meantime peel the snake courgettes and cut them into small pieces.
In a separate saucepan, brown the garlic clove without the peel in extra virgin olive oil. Remove it and add the peeled tomatoes of their peel and cut into cubes. Leave to cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, and season with salt. Turn off the heat and set aside.
In a saucepan, put the water to boil, add the tenerumi and the courgette and cook for 10 minutes. Then add the chopped tomatoes and spaghetti. Continue cooking for 15 minutes.
Serve the soup with caciocavallo cubes, being careful that they don't melt completely.
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