Recipe for Spaghetti Puttanesca 
All Recipes
Site Search Engine - Search Over 300,000 Recipes
Site Search Engine for Recipes

Yield:
1
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
4 med garlic cloves, minced to paste or pressed through garlic press (1 packed tablespoon)
Salt
1 lb spaghetti
2 tbl olive oil
1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
4 tsp minced anchovies (about 8 fillets)
1 x (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained, 1/2 cup juice reserved (juice divided)
3 tbl capers, rinsed
1/2 cup black olives (such as Gaeta, Alfonso or Kalamata), pitted and chopped
coarse (see note)
Instructions:
Instructions: Bring 4 quarts water to rolling boil in large Dutch oven or stockpot.

Meanwhile, mix garlic with 1 tablespoon water in small bowl; set aside. When water is boiling, add 1 tablespoon salt and pasta; stir to separate pasta.

Immediately heat oil, garlic mixture, red pepper flakes and anchovies in large skillet over medium heat; cook, stirring frequently, until garlic is fragrant but not brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and simmer until slightly thickened, about 8 minutes.

Cook pasta until al dente. Drain, then return pasta to pot; add 1/4 cup reserved tomato juice and toss to combine.

Stir capers, olives and parsley into sauce. Pour sauce over pasta and toss to combine, adding more tomato juice to moisten if necessary. Adjust seasonings with salt; serve immediately.

Note: Minced olives produced a muddy sauce with purple spaghetti. Coarsely chopped olives wont dye the pasta and taste better.

Email this Recipe:
If you would like to email yourself the recipe for later use, or share the recipe with your friends or family, enter the email addresses below and this recipe will be emailed to you and others as well.

Your Name:
Your Email:
Email To 1:
Email To 2:
Email To 3:
  ... Spaghetti Putana   ::   Spaghetti Quick Lunch   ...