Gemelli Pasta Ingredients

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Nigella's Gemelli With Anchovies, Tomatoes And Mascarpone (from AT MY TABLE) is a fast pasta dish where the sauce can be made in the time that the pasta is cooking. The sauce uses mascarpone as it has a fairly high fat content, so a little makes a rich and creamy sauce. However as mascarpone is made by curdling milk with a natural acid, it doesn't make the sauce too cloying.

If you don't usually use mascarpone then double cream would be the next best alternative (or heavy or whipping cream if double cream is not available). Once the sauce has been made (at the end of step 3), add a few drops of lemon juice if you need to cut the richness slightly. Another alternative is to use a full fat (crème entière) crème fraîche. This is slightly more acidic than mascarpone but would be a good alternative for the sauce.