Italian

Penne alla Puttanesca

Name: Penne alla Puttanesca
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 12 oz penne; 28 oz crushed tomatoes; 4 anchovy fillets; 1/2 cup black olives; 2 tbsp capers, drained; 3 garlic cloves; 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Giulia @giulia_torino

Penne alla Puttanesca is Italian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

12 oz penne
28 oz crushed tomatoes
4 anchovy fillets
1/2 cup black olives
2 tbsp capers, drained
3 garlic cloves
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

How to cook it

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the penne until al dente.
Meanwhile, warm the olive oil in a skillet and cook the garlic and anchovy fillets over low heat, mashing the anchovies until they dissolve, about 2 minutes.
Stir in the red pepper flakes, then add the crushed tomatoes, olives and capers.
Simmer the sauce for 12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Drain the pasta and toss it through the sauce.
Serve hot.

Watch how to cook Penne alla Puttanesca

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Italian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Penne alla Puttanesca, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cicoria Ripassata (Sauteed Bitter Greens)
  
  20 min
Something cool and fresh
- Insalata Caprese (Caprese Salad)
  
  10 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Penne alla Puttanesca carries gluten and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Penne alla Puttanesca
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Butternut Squash Risotto
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Affettati e Formaggio (Cold Cuts and Cheese Plate)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 480 kcal
Protein: 16 g
Carbs: 71 g
Fat: 15 g
Fiber: 6 g
Sugar: 8 g
Sodium: 440 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Penne alla Puttanesca takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.