Pasta Puttanesca

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 -8 garlic cloves, -depending on your garlic affection. i like lots
• 1 (2 ounce) can anchovy fillets or 2 -3 anchovy fillets
• red chili pepper flakes
• 1 (32 ounce) can whole tomatoes, chopped
• 12 black olives, crushed off the pit and chopped -get good ones, not bland, boring canned ones
• 1 tablespoon capers, heaping
• 1/4 cup chopped italian parsley
• 3 leaves fresh basil, chiffonade
• 1 lb pasta, cooked, i like noodles with this, spaghetti, capellini, spaghettini, spaghettoni, linguini, fettucci
• parmesan cheese or romano cheese or grana padano, for sprinking on top if you like

Recipe

• 1 heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the olive oil, garlic, anchovies, and crushed pepper.
• 2 saute until the anchovies dissolve into the oil and the garlic is tender. this only takes a few minutes.
• 3 add the tomatoes, olives, and capers.
• 4 simmer sauce a few minutes until slightly thickened (about 6-8 min or so) and add parsley and basil.
• 5 *note* if using fresh tomatoes simmer the sauce longer at this point until tomatoes have cooked down.
• 6 taste for salt and add a bit of fresh black pepper.
• 7 toss sauce with pasta and serve.
• 8 sprinkle cheese on top.
• 9 enjoy!