pasta puttanesca

ingredients 

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• fresh garlic, thinly sliced
• teaspoon red pepper flakes, plus more for topping
• tabasco hot sauce 
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 small can of plum tomato and basil italian sauce                 
• 1 teaspoon oregano, leaves stripped and roughly chopped
• Kosher salt & black pepper
• 1/2 cup fresh italian parsley roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup yellow banana pepper, thinly sliced
• 1/4 kalamata olives 
• 1 teaspoon capers
• 1/4 shredded parmesan cheese
• spaghetti number 12

directions: 

-prepare the spaghetti 

•  -in a pasta pot with strainer fill it up with water and wait until the water is boiling. 
• -once the water is hot cook the spaghetti for 11-12 minutes., strain and pour cold water to cool off 
• -strain until is dried, then put olive oil. the olive oil helps the pasta to not get stack or soggy
• -once the spaghetti is prepared put it into a container.

-prepare the marinara sauce

• -to prepare the marinara sauce: you can use italian plum tomato with basil sauce from the can.
• -heat it up olive oil into a pan add 1 table spoon chopped garlic., cook until is golden brown add salt, black pepper & add 1 cup white wine once the wine boil and add the tomato sauce, make sure the tomato sauce is blended cook for 1-2 minutes. then place it into a container, is ready to use

• -now  that you have all these ready you can start cooking your pasta puttanesca 
• -Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olives, banana pepper and capers. until almost cooked through, about 1 minute.  
• -then add 1 cup marinara sauce, 1 dash oregano, tabasco sauce, red pepper flakes. heat it up and add the spaghetti, parsley, parmesan cheese.
• put the pasta into a bowl.  top with red pepper flakes & parmesan cheese if desired. enjoy

  posted by fredy flores