Puttanesca Pasta Sauce

A light, spicy sauce packed with flavour, best paired with spaghetti or penne
| Categories: Pasta

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 tbspn olive oil
1/2 tbspn sugar
1 1/2 tbspn sriracha
3 cloves crushed garlic
400g can tomato pulp
300g jar pitted kalamata olives
  grated hard cheese, to serve

Method

  1. on a very low head in a wok or large pan, heat 2 tbsp olive oil with 1.5 tbsp sriracha and 3 crushed garlic cloves
  2. mince one third (100 grams) of the olives and add them to the pan
  3. half the remaining olives (200 grams) and add them to the pan
  4. cook for at least 5 minutes, the longer the better
  5. Add the can of tomato pulp and 1/2 tbspn of sugar, and increase the heat
  6. cook the pasta
  7. Add the pasta to the sauce, and stir, adding more pasta water if necessary.
  8. Remove from heat and serve. Top with hard cheese and parsley if available.

Note

best paired with freshly made egg pasta.