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Fettuccine Alla Puttanesca
Preparation info
- Serves
4
- Difficulty
Medium
Appears in
By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington
Published 1998
Puttanesca means ‘in the style of the whores’, supposedly because it was much favoured by working girls as a late night pick-me-up. Using a food processor, this sauce takes only seconds to make, and is thus pretty neat for all kinds of workers.
Ingredients
Method
The day before or at least 6 hours before you want to eat, put the olives in a food processor with the garlic, anchovies, capers, basil, shallots, pepper and olive oil. Pulse-chop briefly to a coarse purée, scraping down the sides in between chopping. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate.
Cook the noodles in lots of rapidly boiling salted water, checking they are done after 8 minut