Puttanesca Sauce

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2001

Show: The Essence of EmerilEpisode: Essence of Olives

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (17)

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Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min
Level:
--
Yield:
about 4 cups of sauce

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 0 min
Total:: 1 hr 30 min

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Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
6 cloves minced garlic
2 (28-ounce) cans Roma plum tomatoes, broken into pieces, with juice
1 cup tightly packed, pitted, and halved Kalamata olives
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons drained capers
2 tablespoons minced anchovy fillets (about 8 fillets)
1/2 teaspoon dried crushed basil
1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper flakes
Salt
1 pound penne pasta, cooked to al dente

Directions

In a large pot heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and saute until soft and lightly caramelized, about 6 minutes. Add the garlic and cook an additional 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and the remaining ingredients and simmer until the sauce is thickened and slightly reduced, about 40 minutes. Adjust seasoning, to taste, cover and set aside. Add penne pasta to the pan and toss for 1 minute.

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Shelley Pine, CO 12-30-2007
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Oh so delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This sauce was absolutely terrific. This one of my very favorite pasta sauces. I've given the recipe to a number of my... friends. Thanks Emeril.Read more
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John Murrells Inlet, SC 05-09-2007
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Love and Spice!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a wonderful version of what must originally have been something very unformulated. I have added a bit of pancetta at... the outset with very good results. I have thought about adding a bit of red wine, but then thought that the "ladies" would problaby have drunk any available wine, rather than put it into a sauce. The smell, when you get it just right, is really quite exotic, and rather sexy, in an old world, one bath a week, sort of way. We have this sauce at least once a week and love it every time.Read more
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Anonymous 10-18-2006
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Very Good Recipe
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

But I have to think 1 28oz.can of tomatoes is sufficient. The only thing I did differently was to saute the anchovies and red... pepper with garlic after carmalizing the onions as this is the way Lydia and other chefs make this dish.Read more
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Geri Avon Lake, OH 10-02-2006
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Quick and Easy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a sauce that I always have all the ingrediients in my pantry. My father was an unbelieveable Italian cook and... cooking Italian foods is my passion. This was quick and easy with all the ingredients right out of the pantry. Within a half hour you can put a meal on the table to knock anyone's socks off. Wow !Read more
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Anonymous 07-04-2006
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Puhleeze, spare the tomato paste
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

All the recipes adding tomato paste to tomatoes are doing the result a severe injustice. Use one or the other, not both. In... Puttanesca, the onions are also unnecessary.Read more
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Chris Berkeley, CA 04-23-2006
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Puttanesca classico
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I wanted puttanesca, and man did I get it. Stop looking at the other versions of this sauce, and make THIS one. Emeril serves... up a classic version of this great favorite.Read more