Pasta Puttanesca
For me this is the King of robust, hearty and bold pasta sauces - it's meaty without containing any meat and has enough of a kick to give it some personality without being fiery. Beware of poor imitations ...... too many tomatoes and not enough of anything else - you have been warned!
Inspired by Delia Smith
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Hob
- Cuisine: Pasta
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 x 50g (2oz) jars of anchovies in oil – chop the anchovies with scissors and reserve the oil
- 350g (12oz) pitted black olives, finely chopped
- 2 large, red chillis, deseeded and finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 900g (2lb) tomatoes, finely chopped
- 2 heaped tablespoons tomato purée
- 1 bunch fresh basil – save a few leaves for garnish and finely chop the rest of the leaves
- salt and pepper
- Parmesan cheese, to garnish
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients, including the oil from the anchovies, to a medium saucepan. Season with pepper but no salt at this stage.
- Combine everything thoroughly and then let the sauce simmer on the hob very gently without a lid for 40 minutes. By this time it will have reduced to a lovely thick mass, with very little liquid left.
- Serve with your favourite pasta (reserving a little of the pasta cooking water and stirring it into the sauce just before serving) and sprinkled with shavings of Parmesan and the reserved basil leaves.
Keywords: easy, family, storecupboard
Find it online: https://marmaladeandme.com/pasta-puttanesca/
