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- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Fusilli with Puttanesca Sauce
- Date: 6 Dec 1994 10:43:18 -0500
- Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
- Message-ID: <3c20qm$62p@junior.wariat.org>
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- FUSILLI WITH PUTTANESCA SAUCE
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- Preparation time: 20 minutes
- Cooking time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 to 6 servings
-
- By the way, rumer has it that puttanesca (which, forgive my italian, has
- something to do with the world's oldest profession,) is called that because
- the simularity of taste between the two items.
-
- 2 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup Gaeta or Kalamata olives, pitted and roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon drained capers
- Chopped fresh hot pepper or crushed red pepper flakes to taste
- Salt to taste
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh basil leaves
- 1 pound fusilli (spiral-shaped) pasta, cooked, drained
-
- 1. Using a paring knife, cut the stem end from the tomatoes. Drop them into
- boiling water 20 seconds and them immediately into ice water. The peel will
- come off easily. Slice across the tomato and remove the seeds. Coarsely
- chop.
-
- 2. Put the olive oil and garlic in a medium skillet. Cook briefly over
- medium heat. Add the tomatoes, olives, capers, hot pepper and salt to
- taste. Cook briefly just to heat through. Add the basil and toss
- immediately with hot pasta.
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