Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Anchovy, olive, caper and chilli — a pantry sauce with more depth than its twenty-minute cooking time suggests.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 400 g spaghetti
- 6 pieces anchovy fillets in oil
- 100 g black olives, pitted
- 3 tbsp capers, rinsed
- 3 pieces garlic cloves, sliced
- 400 g tinned plum tomatoes
- 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 20 g flat-leaf parsley
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 3324 kcal · P 202.8g · C 331.3g · F 129.2g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Warm the olive oil with the garlic and anchovies over low heat, pressing the anchovies with a spoon until they dissolve completely into the oil. This takes about 3 minutes and is the entire foundation of the sauce.
- 2Add the chilli flakes, then the olives and capers, and cook 2 minutes.
- 3Crush in the tomatoes and simmer 15 minutes until thickened.
- 4Do not add salt yet — anchovies, olives and capers between them usually supply enough.
- 5Cook the spaghetti to just short of al dente.
- 6Toss it through the sauce with a splash of pasta water for a minute so it absorbs.
- 7Finish with chopped parsley. Traditionally no cheese is served with this.
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Questions and answers
How long does Spaghetti alla Puttanesca take to make?
About 35 minutes: 10 min prep and 25 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Spaghetti alla Puttanesca?
9 ingredients: spaghetti, anchovy fillets in oil, black olives, capers, garlic cloves, tinned plum tomatoes, dried chilli flakes, extra virgin olive oil, flat-leaf parsley.
How many servings does this Spaghetti alla Puttanesca recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Spaghetti alla Puttanesca?
About 831 kcal, with 50.7 g protein, 82.8 g carbohydrate and 32.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Spaghetti alla Puttanesca?
Spaghetti alla Puttanesca comes from Italian cuisine.
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