Pasta puttanesca

Name: Pasta puttanesca
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean, Italian
Ingredients: 1/3 cup olive oil; 1 tbsp garlic, minced; 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper or less, to taste; 1 oz fish sauce; 2 oz capers; 2 oz Kalamata olives, coarsely chopped; 16 oz of your preferred marinara sauce; 12 oz spaghetti; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 oz fresh Italian parsley

10 steps

Prep:10minCook:15min

From Dinnerly

Updated at: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:41:37 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories655.4 kcal (33%)

Total Fat33.6 g (48%)

Carbs74.6 g (29%)

Sugars8.2 g (9%)

Protein13.5 g (27%)

Sodium1572 mg (79%)

Fiber6.3 g (22%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

⅓ cupolive oil

1 Tbspgarlic minced

¼ tspcrushed red pepper

or less, to taste

1 ozfish sauce

2 ozcapers

2 ozKalamata olives

coarsely chopped

16 ozmarinara sauce

12 ozspaghetti

2 Tbspolive oil

0.5 ozfresh Italian parsley

Instructions

Step 1

Put on a large salted pot of water to boil

Step 2

Meanwhile, begin heating 1/3 cup of olive oil on low to medium heat in a large pan

Step 3

While oil is heating, coarsely chop olives and mince garlic

Step 4

Add garlic and crushed red pepper (depending on heat preference use more or less) to oil on medium heat and cook until garlic is lightly golden, 3 or 4 minutes

Step 5

Add fish sauce, olives, capers and marinara to pan and simmer

Step 6

Meanwhile boil pasta just shy of al dente, around 8 to 9 minutes

Step 7

Reserve half a cup of pasta water and drain

Step 8

While pasta is cooking, remove leaves from parsley and finely chop

Step 9

Add pasta water to sauce and stir. Stir in 2 tbsp olive oil. Add cooked pasta and toss until pasta is coated and al dente.

Step 10

Remove from heat and toss in parsley. Reserve some parsley to garnish, if desired.