Simple Puttanesca Sauce
photo by PaulaG
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
4-5
ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 (28 ounce) cans whole Italian plum tomatoes
- 1 (16 ounce) can whole pitted black olives, drained
- 4 tablespoons capers, drained
- 6 fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
directions
- Heat oil and saute garlic until softened and golden brown.
- Add tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients and simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until sauce has thickened.
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Reviews
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A super tasty and rich sauce. The combo addtion of olives, capers and pepper flakes makes this sauce spicy and "different". I confess I added more pepper flakes as I wanted a little hot sauce; this only for personal choice..Thanks a lot my family loves tomatoes sauces and love variations on them, Made for Culinary Quest 2014
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I'm really impressed! This is so simple, yet has a real depth of flavor that you would expect in a much more complicated recipe. The only change I made was to use kalamata olives instead of black olives- just because I had a jar open in the fridge. I served the sauce over a sauteed chicken breast, and loved every bite! Salty, briny, slightly sweet from the tomatoes... this was a perfect dish for a cool evening. I didn't even miss the pasta!