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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Patrick from Recipe KitSpaghetti alla puttanesca
Pat from Recipe Kit
4
18 minutes
8 minutes
Italian
Pasta
Easy and delicious italian dish. Spaghetti alla puttanesca entice you for the savory sauce that surrounds them: peeled tomatoes, capers, “Gaeta” olives, and anchovy fillets give these spaghetti a unique taste.
Ingredients
- Pot of water
- 320g italian spaghetti
- 2 garlic cloves
- 10g salted capers
- 25g anchovies in oil
- 800g peeled tomatoes “sugo”
- 1 bunch of parsley
- 100g Gaeta olives
- 2 chopped chillies
- A pinch of salt
Directions
Wash capers from salt, then cut them
Pit and crush Gaeta olives
Pit and crush Gaeta olives
Start cooking the pasta until al dente.
Pour the oil, the peeled garlic cloves and the chopped dry chilli peppers into a large pan
Add the anchovy fillets and capers
Brown over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring often, so the anchovies will melt
Now add peeled tomatoes “sugo”; mix it with a spoon and cook for another 10 minutes over medium heat
Add crushed olives and chopped parsley
Drain spaghetti directly in the pan and sauté it for half a minute. All done!