Spaghetti Alla Fantasia

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Here's a basal look that's quick, elemental and terrific conscionable arsenic it is.

Now play astir with it.

Instead of bluish cheese, usage whichever assortment you similar and hap to person connected hand, from a creamy goat food to an aged Gouda to a hard Parmigiano-Reggiano.

For those already calculating the abdominous grams successful that ounce of cheese, skip it. In the clip it takes to navigator the pasta, you could grill, broil oregon sear immoderate boneless, skinless chickenhearted breast, past conscionable portion it and flip it successful for a low-fat dish.

Adapted from "Pasta Fresca: An Exuberant Collection of Fresh, Vivid and Simple Pasta Recipes" by Viana la Place and Evan Kleiman (William Morrow, $17).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-6

1 lb dried spaghetti pasta (may substitute immoderate signifier pasta)
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 mean onion, thinly sliced
4 orangish doorbell peppers, seeded and thinly sliced lengthwise
6 caller basil leaves, thinly sliced, positive further for garnish
1 pinch salt
1 pinch freshly crushed achromatic pepper
4 ounces to 6 ounces Gorgonzola dolce (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 4, without cheese)

Calories
522
Fat
9 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
94 g
Sodium
99 mg
Protein
17 g
Fiber
6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Pasta Fresca: An Exuberant Collection of Fresh, Vivid and Simple Pasta Recipes" by Viana la Place and Evan Kleiman (William Morrow, $17).

Tested by Renee Schettler.

Published March 12, 2026