Zesty Spaghetti A La Puttanesca

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb spaghetti
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• crushed red pepper flakes, pinch
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 6 anchovy fillets, roughly mashed with a fork
• 2 cups ripe cherry tomatoes, halved
• 15 kalamata olives, pitted and coarsley chopped
• 1 tablespoon capers, coarsely chopped
• brown sugar, large pinch
• sea salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook spaghetti in boiling salted water until it is slightly undercooked about 1 minute away from being al dente, drain.
• 2 heat the olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat.
• 3 add chili flakes and garlic.
• 4 saute garlic for 2 minutes is fragrant and golden.
• 5 add the mashed anchovies and saute 30 seconds.
• 6 add cherry tomatoes and for 8-10 minutes until the tomatoes begin to create a light sauce.
• 7 once the tomatoes have sauced up, mix the olives, capers, brown sugar, sea salt and ground pepper into the sauce.
• 8 add cooked spaghetti to the pan.
• 9 lower heat to medium heat and use tongs to stir until pasta absorbs the sauce, about 3 minutes.