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Pasta Alla Puttanesca Recipe

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How to make it

  • 1. Put the water for the pasta on to boil, though you don’t need to get started on the sauce until it is pretty well boiling.
  • 2. Pour the oil into a wide, shallow frying pan and place over a medium heat. Add the anchovies and cook for 2-3 minutes, pressing and pushing the anchovies with a wooden spoon, until they have almost ‘melted’.
  • 3. Add the garlic and chilli flakes and continue to cook for another minute, stirring well.
  • 4. This is the stage at which you will want to be salting the boiling pasta water and adding the spaghetti to cook according to packet instructions.
  • 5. To finish the sauce, add the canned tomatoes, olives and capers and continue to cook for about 10 minutes, stirring every now and again, by which time the sauce will have thickened slightly. Taste and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • 6. Just before the pasta is ready, remove about an espresso cupful of the cooking water and reserve it. When the pasta is cooked as desired, drain and add the spaghetti to the sauce in your pan, adding a little of the reserved pasta water if needed to help amalgamate the sauce.
  • 7. Scatter the pasta with chopped parsley

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  • elgourmand 13 years ago
    It's where the name comes from that always makes this dish interesting. Nice flavor combo. RJ
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