Spaghettoni alla Puttanesca

Categories | Italian,Pasta,Recipes
Ingredient List
  • Serves 4
  • 500g spaghettoni or spaghetti
  • 2 tabelsppons extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 4 anchovy fillets, chopped
  • 1 red chilli, chopped (with its seeds)
  • 1 x 400g chopped Roma tomatoes
  • 100g (3/4) stoned black olives
  • 3 tablespoons capers, rinsed
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Freshly chopped flat leaf parsley, for garnish
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A tasty flavoursome dish otherwise knowns as “whore’s spaghetti” – but to understand how it got its name would take a lengthy explanation! One thing is for certain – all the ingredients can be found in an Italian pantry.

Cook the pasta in a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water until ‘al dente’. Drain.
In a frying pan, heat the oil, add the garlic and anchovies and cook until anchovies have melted, stirring frequently. Add the tomatoes, olives and capers and season with pepper – taste for salt, but go lightly because the olives, anchovies and capers are all salty. Leave to simmer for 10 – 15 minutes. Remove and toss evenly through the pasta. Garnish with the parsley.

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