Nonna Marias Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca Food

SPAGHETTI ALLA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Boil water for pasta. Cook spaghetti for 4 minutes until al dente while making the sauce.
• The sauce for this recipe is to be cooked quickly over a high flame. First, put olive oil in a pan and brown the garlic. After the garlic has browned, add olives, salt, pepper, oregano, parsley and chicken broth. Stir spaghetti while sauce simmers. Once spaghetti has cooked, drain, return to the pot and stir in some sauce. Put spaghetti on a plate and top with the rest of the sauce. Garnish with fresh basil.

SPAGHETTI ALLA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Drain tomatoes and reserve liquid.
• Sauté onion in olive oil until browned, add garlic and red pepper flakes and continue to sauté for a couple of minutes more.
• Do not over brown the garlic.
• Add tomatoes and ½ cup of the reserved liquid, the wine, capers, olives, mushrooms, oregano, and anchovies.
• Bring sauce to boil, lower heat to simmer and cook uncovered for twenty minutes.
• If the sauce becomes too dry add more tomato juice a little at time.
• During the last 5 minutes of cooking time add basil and parsley, finish cooking.
• Once the sauce is simmering, bring a large pot of water to a full rolling boil, add salt.
• Read package directions for spaghetti to determine cooking time.
• Add spaghetti and cook according to package directions so that the sauce and spaghetti are finish about the same time.
• Drain the pasta well.
• Add pasta to sauce pot, combine and cook for another minute or two.
• Move spaghetti to service plates.
• Sprinkle with grated Romano or Parmesan.

SPAGHETTI PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a non-stick pan over a medium-low heat. Add the onion along with a generous pinch of salt and fry for 10 mins, or until soft. Add the garlic and chilli, if using, and cook for a further minute.
• Stir the tomatoes, anchovies, olives and capers into the onion, bring to a gentle simmer and cook, uncovered, for 15 mins. Season to taste.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Cook the spaghetti following pack instructions, then drain and toss with the sauce and parsley.