Recipe courtesy of Wolfgang Puck

Pasta Puttanesca

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 2 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 5 min
  • Prep: 45 min
  • Cook: 20 min
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Ingredients

1 ounce olive oil

1 tablespoon minced garlic

3 anchovy fillets, chopped

2 pounds tomatoes, concassed (peeled, seeded, and cut into strips)

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

6 ounces dry pasta, cooked al dente

1 tablespoon capers

2 tablespoons Nicoise olives, pitted

1/2 teaspoon fresh minced oregano

8 fresh basil leaves, torn into pieces

1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Freshly grated Parmesan

Directions

  1. In a saute pan, heat the olive oil. Add the garlic and saute 1 minute. Add the anchovy fillets, 1 1/2 pounds of the tomatoes, and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil and lower to a simmer for 15 minutes.
  2. Add the cooked pasta, remaining 1/2 pound of tomatoes, capers, olives and oregano. Toss to mix and coat pasta with sauce. Turn off heat. Add the basil and parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  3. Divide onto 2 pasta plates and grate fresh Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.

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a_barbieri

Great take on a classic pasta treatment. I like that this uses basil, oregano, parsley and RAW tomatoes. Sometimes we just prep the sauce, let it sit while the pasta cooks, toss it UNCOOKED with hot pasta and mangia OR, won't lie...we also like let the pasta/w/sauce cool to room temp. (sort of like a pasta salad and love it. In addition to cheese we sometimes like to pass the olio as well. <br /> <br />I personally prefer this with spaghettini as the pasta...and, despite having E-Z access to the finest imported pastas in the world I am now addicted to Barilla Plus pasta: a it seems to always have perfect al dente texture and b is very high-fiber (whole grains and more here and high-protein without tasting as earthy as whole wheat. And, no, I am not a product rep. I do find that because it has nice body it works especially well in this recipe. <br /> <br />Oh: use only dry pasta for this...puttanesca is not a fresh pasta sauce but I suppose if you use fresh pasta and love it, hey, that's great too. <br />

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