For the perfect pairing, serve with my Homemade Garlic Bread to really fill up your guests! Spaghetti with puttanesca sauce is an Italian classic. It’s not only delicious, but it can be thrown together in just 15 minutes! What more could you want?
What does Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca mean?
Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca is loosely translated to ‘Whore’s Pasta’. Not something you hear everyday right? The legend is that ladies of the night in Italy would cook this up to lure clientele with its aromas. The idea that they would use food to get the interest of the local men is pretty amusing to me, nothing like food to get a man’s attention right?
Adaptions To Traditional Recipes
Traditionally Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca is cooked with tomato sauce with olives, anchovies, and capers. I used anchovy paste instead of chopped anchovies to keep things simple and it really worked great.
Step By Step Instructions
Start with bringing a large pot of water to a boil and cook the spaghetti until just undercooked (it will finish cooking in the pan). While the pasta cooks, heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and saute the garlic for about a minute until lightly browned (being careful not to let it get too dark). Add the anchovy paste and dissolve into the oil (about 30 seconds). Add the tomatoes, herbs. stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper and cook, uncovered, over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Reserve some of the pasta water before draining. Drain the spaghetti and add it to the sauce. Stir in the olives, capers, and hot pepper flakes and cook until the spaghetti is cooked (adding pasta water to loosen if needed). This delicious Spaghetti has a tomato-based sauce with a sweet heat tang and robust saltiness that is an amazing combination. Once you try this recipe, I bet it will make it on to your list of recipes you make again and again. Update Notes: This recipe was originally posted on Mar 12, 2016, but was updated with new photos and step by step photos in January of 2020. Erren’s Kitchen is written and produced for informational intentions only. We are not certified nutritionists, and the nutritional information found on this site has not been assessed or authorized by a nutritionist or the FDA. The nutritional information found in our recipes is offered as an estimate and should not be considered a guarantee or fact. The estimated data is provided as a courtesy and calculated through a third-party online nutritional calculator, spoonacular API. Although we do our best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered rough estimates. Many factors, such as brands or products purchased and the nutritional fluctuations that naturally occur in fresh produce, can alter the effectiveness of the nutritional information in any recipe. Furthermore, various online calculators provide different results depending on their particular algorithms and nutrition fact sources. To obtain the most precise nutritional information in a provided recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the exact ingredients you are using when preparing the recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
