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Spaghetti With Olives And Tomato Sauce Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Pinkpasta / All my dishes 7 months, 3 weeks ago Delicious main coarse pasta dish by: "Giada De Laurentiis", "Food TV" Prep:25m Cook:100m Servings:4	Pinkpasta
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Ingredients

1 pound dried spaghetti

1/4 cup olive oil

1 1/4 cups mixed olives, pitted and halved

1/2 tablespoon red pepper flakes, plus more if desired

3 cups tomato sauce, RECIPE FOLLOWS

1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese

1/2 cup basil leaves, shredded

Directions

In a large pot, bring 6 quarts of salted water to a boil. When water comes to a boil, add pasta, stirring constantly for the first minute to help prevent spaghetti from sticking together. Cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes.

In a large saute pan, heat oil. When almost smoking, add olives and red pepper flakes. Saute for 3 minutes over medium high heat. Reduce heat to low and carefully pour in tomato sauce and simmer for 10 minutes.

Drain pasta in a colander, reserving 1/4 cup pasta water. Add pasta to the sauce and toss to coat completely. Add pasta water if you need to thin out the sauce a bit. Plate pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese and basil

SIMPLE TOMATO SAUCE

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1 small onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 stalk celery, chopped

1 carrot, chopped

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 (32-ounce) cans crushed tomatoes

2 dried bay leaves

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, optional

In a large casserole pot, heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add celery and carrots and season with salt and peppr. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 5 to 10 minutes.Add tomatoes and bay leaves and simmer uncovered on low heat for 1 hour or until thick. Remove bay leaves and check for seasoning. If sauce still tastes acidic, add unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon at a time to round out the flavors.

Add 1/2 the tomato sauce into the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Continur with remaining tomato sauce.

If not using all the sauce, allow it to cool completely and pour 1 to 2 portions into freezer plastic bags. This will freeze up to 6 months.

Yield: 6 cups

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Comments

mrspotatohead 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I am an olive freak, so I really must try this. Thanks!

notyourmomma 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Count me in on the olive love! sounds delicious

flavorsofitaly 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Sounds great, Pink! In my book, you can't go wrong with olives. ;-)

pinkpasta 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I agree with all of you! Olives and olive oil taste great, and are so healthy. In an interview, when asked about her secret to such youthful looking skin, Sophia Loren told the interviewer that she has always used olive oil on her face, (body too) and still does. (I bet she uses something along with it, but who knows???)
Thanks for commenting. Glad you like the post!

mrspotatohead 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Sophia Loren also once said that she owed her figure to spaghetti, so this recipe is the perfect "beauty" food!!

flavorsofitaly 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Pink, Sophia Loren is certainly doing something right - and I can believe it's the olive oil on her skin - she's gorgeous! I'll be trying her skin secret, I already use olive oil on my hair as a wonderful hot oil treatment. If it works anywhere nearly as well on skin, it's a winner!