Pasta Puttanesca

Pasta Puttanesca Recipe

You will be transported to the heart of the Italian city Naples with this delicious and filling pasta dish. Some say “puttanesca” originates from an Italian word meaning a lady of the night. As the story goes, it was a meal that was quick enough for the ladies to throw together between appointments or that the aroma emanating from their kitchens would entice new clients. Be that as it may, it has now become a beautiful family dish that is simple to make yet derives a hearty appreciation from its diners.

Serves: 4

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Pasta Puttanesca Recipe

By: Lee Holmes

You will be transported to the heart of the Italian city Naples with this delicious and filling pasta dish.


Servings

4

Prep time

Cook time

Recipe


Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup pine nuts
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 onion
  • 5 anchovies, chopped
  • 8 roma tomatoes, chopped
  • 4 tbsp tomato paste
  • ¼ cup olives, chopped
  • 3 tbsp capers
  • ¼ cup chopped mixed fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, oregano)
  • Sea salt
  • 4 cups gluten-free pasta, cooked

Method


  • Heat olive oil in frying pan. Sauté pine nuts, garlic and onion over medium heat until browned, about 4–5 mins.
  • Add anchovies, tomato and tomato paste and cook over medium heat for 10 mins, stirring often. Stir in olives, capers, herbs and sea salt to taste and simmer for 5 mins.
  • Serve sauce over cooked gluten-free pasta.

  

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Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.

Lee’s food philosophy is all about S.O.L.E. food: sustainable, organic, local and ethical. Her main goal is to alter the perception that cooking fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich meals is difficult, complicated and time-consuming. From posting recipes, her passion to share her autoimmune disease story and help others has snowballed and the blog has recently taken home the overall prize at the Bupa Health Influencer Awards as well as the best blog in the Healthy Eating category. She also runs a four-week online Heal Your Gut program.

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