Easy Puttanesca Sauce Recipes

PASTA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add oil, garlic, anchovies, and crushed pepper. Saute mixture until anchovies melt into oil and completely dissolve and garlic is tender, about 3 minutes: your kitchen never smelled so good! Add olives, capers, tomatoes, black pepper, and parsley. Bring sauce to a bubble, reduce heat, and simmer 8 to 10 minutes.
• Toss sauce with cooked pasta. Pass bread and cheese at the table and serve with Bitter Greens Salad.
• Combine greens in a salad bowl. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon over the bowl. Drizzle salad liberally with extra virgin olive oil. Toss salad and season salad with salt and pepper. Arrange salad on plates. Garnish plates with black olives, if using.

PANTRY PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with water. Bring to a rolling boil over high heat.
• As the water heats, pour the olive oil into a cold skillet and stir in the garlic. Turn heat to medium-low and cook and stir until the garlic is fragrant and begins to turn a golden color, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the red pepper flakes, oregano, and anchovies. Cook until anchovies begin to break down, about 2 minutes.
• Pour tomatoes into skillet, turn heat to medium-high, and bring sauce to a simmer. Use the back of a spoon to break down tomatoes as they cook. Simmer until sauce is reduced and combined, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta in the boiling water. Drain when still very firm to the bite, about 9 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water.
• Stir the olives and capers into the sauce; add pasta and toss to combine.
• Toss pasta in sauce until pasta is cooked through and well coated with sauce, about 1 minute. If sauce becomes too thick, stir in some of the reserved pasta water to thin.

PUTTANESCA I

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat oil in a skillet over low heat; cook garlic in oil until golden. Add sieved tomatoes, and cook 5 minutes. Stir in anchovies, tomato paste, capers, olives, and red pepper flakes. Cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Toss pasta with sauce, and serve.

EASY PUTTANESCA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil and garlic over medium until fragrant. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft. Add anchovies, capers, olives, and red-pepper flakes and cook 1 minute, crushing anchovies with a spoon. Season with salt and pepper. Add tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce to a rapid simmer and cook until slightly thickened, 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with 3/4 pound cooked pasta.

SIMPLE PUTTANESCA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil and saute garlic until softened and golden brown.
• Add tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients and simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until sauce has thickened.

PUTTANESCA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and saute until soft and lightly caramelized, about 6 minutes. Add the garlic and cook an additional 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and the remaining ingredients and simmer until the sauce is thickened and slightly reduced, about 40 minutes. Adjust seasoning, to taste, cover and set aside. Add penne pasta to the pan and toss for 1 minute.

PUTTANESCA SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Bring pot of salted water to boil.
• 2. Drain tomatoes, reserving their juices, into a large bowl and crush with fork or hands; set aside. Warm 2 tablespoons of olive oil with garlic, anchovies and chile pepper in a small skillet over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is lightly golden. Add the crushed tomatoes with some salt and the bay leaf. Raise heat to medium-high and cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes break down slightly, about 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in olives, capers and reserved tomato juices and continue to simmer until the sauce has thickened slightly and flavors are well incorporated, about 10 minutes.
• 3. Cook pasta in the boiling water, according to package directions. Drain and place in a serving bowl. Remove and discard the bay leaf from the sauce and add to the pasta along with the remaining tablespoon of oil and parsley. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or pecorino cheese.

QUICK PUTTANESCA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil and cook the garlic for 2 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Serve over pasta.