Alessandro De Agostini, chef at Fior di Sale in Bologna, serve these tasty spaghetti, perfect for summer lunches or dinners.
Ingredients for 4 people
- Durum wheat semolina spaghetti 300 g
- Yellow datterini tomatoes 350 g
- Untreated lemon
- Medicine onion 120 g
- Fresh tuna 200 g
- Garlic 2 cloves
- Brown sugar to taste
- Evo oil to taste
To make the yeallow datterini tomato sauce
Cut the datterini tomatoes in half, arrange them on a baking sheet along with two cloves of garlic. Dress them with a little extra virgin olive oil, lemon zest and brown sugar. Bake for a couple of hours at 140°c to make the datterini confit. Once cooked, blend them with the help of drizzled extra-virgin olive oil to create a frothy, smooth sauce.
To make the onion sauce
Roast the Medicine onions in a 160° oven for 40 minutes enclosed between two baking sheets. During the last ten minutes of cooking, remove the baking sheet covering the onions and use the grill function for a light gratin. Once cooked, blend with extra virgin olive oil and strain through a sieve to obtain a smooth cream.
Dish composition
Cook spaghetti in plenty of salted water. Once cooked, drain them and mix them with the onion sauce so that they are brought to a lukewarm temperature.
Place the datterini sauce on the base of the plate, lay the spaghetti topped with the onion sauce. Finish the dish with a tartare of fresh tuna seasoned with evo oil and lemon zest.