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Pasta Puttanesca

Pasta puttanesca is a famous Italian pasta dish that's known for its extremely fragrant sauce. It's comforting and bursting with flavors. The best part about this pasta dish is that it's a budget-friendly meal that primarily uses ingredients like anchovies, olives, and garlic and can be made in just 5 minutes.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Serves: 5
Difficulty Level: Low
Pasta Puttanesca
Ingredients for Pasta Puttanesca:
Olive oil - 2 tbsp.
Yellow onion - 1 (diced)
Garlic - 4 cloves (minced)
Anchovy - 3 filets
Crushed tomatoes - 1 (28-oz.)
Dried basil - 1/2 tsp.
Red pepper flakes - 1/4 tsp. (crushed)
Kalamata olives - 1/2 cup (sliced)
Capers - 2 tbsp.
Spaghetti - 1 lb.
Method of preparing the Pasta Puttanesca:
  1. Add the olive oil, anchovy filets, onion, and garlic to a large skillet. Sauté the ingredients over medium heat until the anchovies have dissolved and the onions are soft.
  2. Add the crushed tomatoes to the skillet as well as the basil, capers, sliced olives, and crushed red pepper. Stir to combine and let the sauce come up to a simmer. Turn the heat down once it begins to simmer.
  3. Cook the pasta. Reserve about 1/2 cup of the starchy pasta water. Drain the past in a colander.
  4. Add the cooked and drained pasta to the puttanesca sauce in the skillet. Stir to properly mix the pasta with the sauce. Add a splash of the reserved pasta water if the pasta becomes dry. Serve hot.
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