I will never forget sitting down as a young kid at my Nonna’s table waiting for her to serve up a big plate of Spinach & Eggs with whatever main course she had created for us that day, often it came with some deliciously tender pan-fried Veal. And I’ve loved the combination of Spinach and runny Egg yolk ever since.
And it struck me recently that runny and gooey and unctuous egg yolk would probably go pretty well with Spaghetti too. So tonight’s offering is a combo of just that…
While the pasta is cooking sweat down some Spinach in lots of salted butter and fresh ground black pepper. Drain the cooked pasta and combine with some reserved cooking water, lots of butter, fresh grated Parmigiano Reggiano and more fresh black pepper. Set aside to rest while you quickly fry a couple of egg yolks in even more butter with black pepper and whatever chilli you have hanging around – I used chipotle.
Plate it up in any random way you prefer and enjoy your delicious Spaghetti with Spinach & Chillied Eggs with copious quantities of wine.

Fundamental Elements…
  • Spaghetti.
  • Spinach.
  • Egg Yolks.
  • Butter.
  • Chilli.
  • Fresh Ground Black Pepper.
  • And enough wine to make you fall over.

For quantities, figure out how much you’ll need for yourself and multiply it by the amount of forks on your table.

Buon appetito e salute.