Puttanesca Pasta
This well known pasta recipe has a few variations and differing stories behind itโs origin! Some say itโs a dish famous in Rome, others say it comes from Naples. Stories range from a meal thrown together in a restaurant with the ingredients that were left over, to originating in the brothels of the Spanish Quarters in Naples (whore is puttana in Italian, hence puttanesca).
Either way itโs delicious and can be ready in as little as 10 minutes. This has become one of my favourite recipes for lunch or a quick dinner because it is packed full of so many great, pungent flavours that all combine together to make a mouthwateringly good dish.
Iโve used Garofaloโs Spaghetti, also straight out of Naples, made in the nearby town of Gragnano.
Puttanesca Pasta
Ingredients
- 180g Garofalo Spaghetti
- 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
- 1 red chilli, halved and sliced
- 4 anchovies, roughly chopped
- 50g pitted black olives, sliced
- 1 tbsp capers
- 250g tomatoes, halved and cut into slithers or just halved if using cherry tomatoes
- Olive oil
- Fresh flat leaf parsley
Instructions
- Bring a pan of water to the boil, salt it and add your spaghetti and cook for 10 minutes.
- While the pasta is cooking, add a good glug, or at least 2 tbsps of olive oil to a pan on a low heat.
- Add your anchovies, garlic and chilli and cook for one minute or until the pan starts to gently sizzle and the anchovies are breaking down into the oil.
- Add your tomatoes and increase the heat a little to let them break down and start to create a sauce. At this point you can add a splash of pasta water to help the sauce.
- Add your olives and capers.
- Just before adding your pasta, add the parsley and then add the spaghetti and toss all together coating in the sauce.
- Serve - this dish is best served with no parmesan in my opinion as it already has plenty of saltiness from the anchovies and capers and is packed full of flavour.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
553.82Fat (grams)
28.11Sat. Fat (grams)
7.02Carbs (grams)
49.93Fibre (grams)
5.03Net carbs
44.90Sugar (grams)
7.19Protein (grams)
26.87Sodium (milligrams)
1577.27Cholesterol (grams)
57.20
An easy recipe using casarecce pasta, combining the sweetness and freshness of cherry tomatoes, the heat of chilli and balanced with tangy feta and basil