Puttanesca Pasta
From elgourmand 14 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 8
I ran across this recipe a while back and made a few changes, but not many. It intrigued me that there was a sauce with a name that loosely translates to “sauce the way a whore would make it”. I made it out of curiosity and found it’s very tasty. Read more It’s also easy, quick and cheep to make. The whores were said to make this between customers. Of course you need to have anchovy paste, Kalamata olives, mushrooms and capers at hand but that’s a given. You want Italian these you should have. Couldn’t have been a big deal; the whores had them at hand. Salud un rato (cheers for a while) See less
Ingredients
- • 1 pound dried spaghetti, spaghettini, or linguine fini shopping list
- • 5 garlic cloves, forced through a garlic press shopping list
- • 2 teaspoons anchovy paste shopping list
- • 1/2 teaspoon hot red-pepper flakes shopping list
- • 1/3 cup olive oil shopping list
- • 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes in juice shopping list
- • 1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives shopping list
- • A few dried or fresh mushrooms, chopped. shopping list
- • 2 tablespoons drained capers shopping list
- • Pinch of sugar (optional) shopping list
- • 3/4 cup coarsely chopped basil shopping list
How to make it
- Cook spaghetti in a pasta pot of boiling salted water until barely al dente.
- While pasta boils, cook garlic, anchovy paste, red-pepper flakes, 1 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper in oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and pale golden, about 2 minutes.
- Meanwhile, really crush tomatoes with juice, a potato masher works well.
- Add crushed tomatoes to garlic oil along with olives, mushrooms and capers and simmer, stirring occasionally, until pasta is ready. Stir in sugar if desired.
- Drain pasta and add to sauce. Simmer, turning pasta with tongs, until pasta is al dente, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle with basil. Need I mention the bottle of Chianti ? As always with Italian you can add a dollop of wine to the sauce.
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
DELICIOUS...~~~5 Forks for Sure~~~
and I Have Saved This One...
The Ingredients Of This Recipe...
Are All My Fav's!!! ~:)Chef Irish
(Did You Say - Chianti?) Mmmmm!
chef_irish
in Gainesville loved it
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This sounds excellent! It reminded me of our Capellini Fini Alla Puttanesca Bianca Recipe, so I just posted that one.
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