Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca by Jamie Oliver
This recipe for Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca is from Jamie Oliver's - 30 Minute Meals. This pasta dish is - just as the book title suggests - quick, easy, filling, and calls for ingredients found in most pantries.
Side Notes
Cost of non-staples: $3
Serves: 4
Ingredients
500g dried spaghetti
225g canned tuna in oil
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp capers, drained
2-3 anchovy fillets
2 chillies
a small bunch of flat-leaf parsley, leaves and stems chopped
8 black olives, stoned
a pinch of ground cinnamon
2 400g can of chopped or whole tomatoes
1 lemon
My Pantry Staples
spaghetti
tuna
garlic
capers
anchovies
chillies
olives
cinnamon
canned tomatoes
lemon
The Method
Fill a kettle and put on boil. Put a pasta pot and deep fry pan on the stove top. Once the water has boiled, add to the pasta dish with salt and turn the gas on.
Pour the oil from the tuna into the fry pan and turn to medium heat. (If not using tuna is oil, use olive oil here).
Grate in the garlic. Add the capers & anchovies, stir for 2 minutes.
Finely chop the chillies and parsley stalks and add to the pan. Stir for a further 2 minutes. Add the pasta to the boiling water and book to instructions
Add in the tuna, olives and cinnamon and stir for 1 minute. Add in the chopped or whole tomatoes (squished in by hand).
Once the pasta is cooked to al dente, drain reserving a small amount of pasta water for the sauce (if required). Pour the sauce over the pasta and stir to combine. Add most of the parsley leaves, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, cracked blak pepper and flakey salt.
Squeeze in the lemon juice. Fold to combine and serve with extra salt and some grated parmesan.
