Alla puttanesca

The secret to this pasta alla puttanesca is the show-stopping ingredients. Each is delicious on its own, but combined you're in for umami nirvana.

An Italian classic, this pasta sauce is the exact opposite of subtle. It is big and bold and loud with flavors that live to be noticed. Two kinds of tomato, anchovies (trust it), capers, olives, and loads of garlic ensure that everyone who tries it will not be bored. In my take, I create a lovely, sticky-sweet balsamic glaze that stands as the anchoring base for all of those wild flavors. The sweetness helps calm the acidity of all the tomatoes and briny things – and it’s just delicious. It…

A classic pasta dish from Naples, this traditional Spaghetti alla Puttanesca recipe is so satisfying and easy to whip up in minutes.

This easy Pasta Puttanesca features spaghetti tossed in a traditional Italian puttanesca sauce with anchovies, capers, olives, and garlic.

Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca is such a simple pasta recipe and is packed full of flavour! This is the Neapolitan version which is also vegan.

Recipe video above. Spaghetti alla Puttanesca is a traditional Italian pasta from Naples with a sauce based on pantry essentials. This plants it firmly in the (excellent) emergency-meals collection!You don't need much salt in Puttanesca sauce because the olives, capers and anchovies provide the seasoning. Don't skip the anchovies - sauteeing it cooks out the fishy flavour and it just dissolves in the sauce, leaving behind savoury flavour you can't get from just plain salt. You'd have to have…

Theo Randall's version includes anchovies to give this simple dish extra flavour.

Bucatini alla Puttanesca translates to “Whore’s Pasta” – and there are a number of stories, hailing from Southern Italy, in Naples, where this dish originates. Some tales sa…

Martha mastered this classic dish during the couple's time in Italy. It's still one of her favorite recipes.