Pasta Puttanesca

Submitted by WhitneysWonders

"An extremely yummy pasta sauce. You can throw it on some spaghetti, ziti, or even mix a little bit with cottage cheese and have a cheesy puta sauce for pasta or lasagna."

 

• Ready In: 27mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 453.59 g can whole canned tomatoes
• 414.03 ml water
• 14.79 ml oil
• 1 lime, juice of
• 59.14 ml olive, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, diced
• 22.18 ml capers (rinsed)
• 9.85 ml red pepper flakes
• 6-8 leaf fresh sweet basil, ripped
• 2.46 ml salt
• 4.92 ml garlic powder

directions

1. Sauté capers, pepper flakes, garlic powder, diced garlic, salt, half of the basil leaves, and oil in the pot.
2. Squish or roughly chop tomatoes, then add tomatoes (with juice) and water to the pot, stir.
3. Add lime juice, capers, and olives to the sauce.
4. Let simmer covered for 20-40 minutes (add more water if needed).
5. Add extra salt and pepper flakes to taste. Add the rest of the basil leaves right before serving.