Puttanesca Sauce

Name: Puttanesca Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: Handful of parsley or basil leaves; 100 g (3½ oz) pitted black olives; 6 anchovies in oil; 2 tablespoons capers; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 3 garlic cloves, crushed or finely chopped; 1 red onion, very finely chopped; 1 × 400-g (14-oz) tin chopped tomatoes; ½ teaspoon chilli flakes; 100 g (3½ oz) dried spaghetti per person

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Tinned Tomatoes Cookbook

By Samuel Goldsmith

Published 2024

About

If you enjoy salty, zingy foods then you’ll love this sauce – the anchovies, capers and olives give this a real punch.

Ingredients

6 anchovies in oil
2 tablespoons capers
100 g (3

Sauce
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Drain the anchovies, reserving 1 tablespoon of oil from the tin. Roughly chop the anchovies, capers and olives.

Heat the olive oil and anchovy oil in a frying pan (skillet) over a low heat. Add the red onion and fry for 8-10 minutes or until softened.

Add the garlic and anchovies and fry for 1 minute before stirring in the chilli flakes and cooking for 30 seconds.

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