Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with salt cod, pecorino and basil | A kitchen in Rome

Salt cod is a firmer, fortified and particularly flavourful version of the fish, which begs simply to be whipped into a creamy spaghetti with basil and pecorino“Running water,” says Lina. “That is the secret.” It is an ordinary stall that Lina runs so well with her husband, Enzo, near the former slaughterhouse at Testaccio market. Primarily they sell cured meat, cured fish and cheese, their mozzarella di bufala being particularly fresh and fine – pure white balls an