Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Spaghetti alla puttanesca (Italian: "whore's spaghetti") is a spicy, tangy and somewhat salty Italian pasta dish. Recipe source: “Spaghetti alla Puttanesca”, Wikibooks Cookbook contributors, en.wikibooks.org, CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted). Photo: nishidaryuichi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Total time
- 20 min
- Servings
- 6
- Calories
- 561
- Protein
- 20g
Ingredients
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Step 1
Put the olive oil, garlic, and anchovy paste in a skillet over medium heat.
Step 2
Before the garlic browns, add the olives, capers, tomato sauce, and chile peppers.
Step 3
Add 2–3 pinches of salt, mixing over high heat. Then lower the heat and allow to simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
Step 4
Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in salted water (at least 4 quarts of water per pound of spaghetti being cooked). Strain it when it's al dente.
Step 5
Place pasta in a large serving bowl, and coat it with sauce. Then, sprinkle it with chopped parsley.
Step 6
Mix and serve hot.
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