Pasta puttanesca

Name: Pasta puttanesca
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian recipes
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 6 anchovy fillets, chopped; 1 tbsp tomato purée; ½-1 tsp dried chilli flakes; 600g tinned chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp tomato ketchup; 1 tbsp dried basil; 75g pitted olives, chopped; 1 tbsp capers, drained and rinsed; 350g dried pappardelle or other ribbon pasta

Published: 28 Feb 11
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

Looking for a classic Italian puttanesca? This recipe is quick, simple and scrumptious. Loaded with storecupboard ingredients like olives and tinned tomato

Serves 4
Ready in 20 minutes

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Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
6 anchovy fillets, chopped
1 tbsp tomato purée
½-1 tsp dried chilli flakes
600g tinned chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp dried basil
75g pitted olives, chopped
1 tbsp capers, drained and rinsed
350g dried pappardelle or other ribbon pasta

Method

Heat the oil in a large high-sided frying pan, add the anchovies and fry gently for a minute or so. Stir through the tomato purée and chilli flakes, increase the heat to medium and fry, stirring, for a couple more minutes. Pour over the tinned tomatoes and stir in the ketchup, dried basil, pitted olives and capers. Bubble the sauce over a low heat for 5 minutes until thickened. Season well.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large pan of salted water for 10 minutes or until al dente, drain well, return to the pan and fold through the sauce. Serve with warm garlic bread.

Recipe from March 2011 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 430kcals
Fat: 10.7g (1.6g saturated)
Protein: 14.3g
Carbohydrates: 74.3g (7.3g sugars)
Salt: 1.6g

delicious. tips

If you have fresh parsley or basil in your fridge, chop and stir it in at the end of cooking. Another week, when you have time to buy some fresh fish, make this a low-carb supper by placing halibut or other fish fillets on top of the sauce at the end of step 1, then covering with a little sauce. Simmer over a low-medium heat for 5-7 minutes until just cooked.

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