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Italy is famous for its tourist attractions and religious sites such as Vatican City's St. Peter's Basilica and Sistine Chapel, Rome's Colosseum and Trevi Fountain, and the dreamy Amalfi Coast in Positano in the province of Salerno. Plus, it is also known for producing high performance sports cars like Lamborghini, Ferrari, and many others.

But what Italy is really known for is that, it's the birthplace of pizza and pasta. When one talks of Italian cuisine, these two are always top of mind.

However, unlike the Filipino version of the spaghetti--which is sweet--Italy's take on the pasta dish leans more toward the sour side.

In an episode of iJuander, Filipino chef Morris Danzen Catanghal, who is based in Sicily, Italy, and grand champion of the reality TV cooking competition, Gino Cerca Chef, shared the recipe for Spaghetti con Ragu di Polpo or Spaghetti with Octopus in Ragu Sauce.

If you want to try this authentic Italian pasta dish, check out the recipe below.

Spaghetti con Ragu di Polpo / Source: iJuander

Spaghetti con Ragu di Polpo

Ingredients:

lemons

laurel bay leaves

octopus

garlic

onion

celery

carrots

white wine

pasta

Procedure:

1. Put the sliced lemons in boiling water.

2. Add bay laurel leaves.

3. Add the octopus and let it boil until tender.

4. Remove the octopus from the pot and slice it into bits.

5. In a frying pan, saute the garlic, onion, celery, and carrots.

6. Add bay laurel leaves.

7. Add the chopped octopus.

8. Once it simmers, add white wine.

9. Once the white wine has reduced, add tomato sauce.

10. Cook it for an hour or up to 4 hours in low heat.

11. Combine it with the cooked pasta.

Watch and learn from Chef Morris himself in the iJuander video below.

For more features like this, watch iJuander every Sunday at 7:45 p.m. on GTV and its reruns on DEPED TV every Monday at 9:30 p.m.

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