Spaghetti al Vino Bianco

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2012

We’d heard about pasta cooked in red wine, but its tannic flavor and gray color left us cold. Could white wine come to the rescue?

SERVES 4

TIME 1¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Pasta and a glass of wine are a natural pairing, but we were intrigued by the idea of spaghetti al vino rosso—a legendary dish in which pasta is actually cooked in red wine. The few recipes that exist fall into two categories: those in whic...

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