Calamarata (Pasta with calamari and tomato sauce)

To prepare the calamarata, start with garlic, skin it and crush it with the palm of your hand 1. Then clean the chili pepper, remove the seeds 2 and finely chop it 3.

Then wash the tomatoes, dry them, and divide them into 4 parts 4. Start cleaning the calamari. First rinse under running water 5, then remove the inner part by pulling the head. From the latter eliminate the white part with the cartilage; from the head, remove the eyes and squeeze the beak in the center 6.

Peel off the skin using a paring knife 7 and rinse again before cutting it into rings about 3/4 inch (2 cm) 8 wide. Move to the stove; put plenty of salted water to boil in a pan and then cook the pasta. Place a pan on the stove. Heat the oil together with the whole peeled garlic clove and chopped chili pepper 9.

As soon as the bottom is hot, raise the temperature and sear the calamari rings 10. After a few seconds, simmer with white wine until the alcohol has completely evaporated 11. Then remove the garlic, add the cherry tomatoes and tomato paste 12.

Stir, add salt 13, then lower the heat, and let it cook for about ten minutes; when done cooking, sprinkle with chopped parsley 14. In the meantime, cook the pasta until it is halfway cooked 15.

As soon as the pasta is cooked, take a ladle of cooking water and pour it into the pan 16 then drain the calamarata pasta and toss it into the pan 17. Mix a few moments and add water as needed so that the mixture is liquid, but does not come apart 18.

Place a sheet of parchment paper 19 on top of a sheet of aluminum foil, put a couple of ladles of pasta in the middle 20 and close the parchment paper first 21

and then the aluminum foil as if they were candy 22. Arrange them on a drip pan 22 and bake in a static oven, preheated to 390° F (200° C), for about 10 minutes. Your calamarata pasta is ready… you just have to serve it 23!