Spaghetti Alla Puttanesco (uncooked Version)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup nicoise olive (or gaeta olives or kalamata olives)
• 2 1/2 lbs tomatoes, vine ripened (peel, seed) (optional)
• 1 1/4 cups extra virgin olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, large chopped
• 8 leaves fresh basil, torn in small pieces
• 1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon capers, small, drained
• 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 lb spaghetti

Recipe

• 1 pit the olives and cut them into small slices. place the tomatoes in a serving bowl. add the olives and remaining sauce ingredients to the tomatoes with 1/2 teaspoon salt and mix well. let the sauce marinate for at least 1 hour at room temperature to give the flavors time to develop, or cover and chill in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
• 2 cook the spaghetti until al dente. drain the pasta and toss thoroughly with the sauce in serving bowl. serve at room temperature.
• 3 if you like, add 1 teaspoon anchovy paste, or to taste, to the sauce ingredients upfront. for those who have to have a meal with meat add frozen, peeled and deveined, cooked shrimp. serve with bruschetta.