Quick Pasta Puttanesca

Votes: 1

Time: 30 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

Italian pasta "Puttanesca" is macaroni in an incredibly delicious and aromatic sauce made from mashed tomatoes, olives, capers, garlic, and dried herbs. It's prepared quickly using canned and shelf-stable ingredients, which is why it became popular in Italian brothels in the mid-20th century. Hence the dish's piquant name. This pasta cooks in just half an hour and is a perfect choice when you want to savor the flavors of a distinctive Mediterranean dish. Serve as a side dish with meat or chicken, or as a standalone vegetarian dish.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

220 g farfalle pasta
1 tbsp. l. olive oil
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 can (800 g) of canned plum tomatoes
2 tbsp. capers, dried
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
Red pepper flakes
0.5 cups black olives, chopped
1/4 cup chopped parsley

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Cook farfalle pasta according to package directions.
Heat olive oil in a frying pan and fry the garlic until golden brown. Use kitchen shears to slice the tomatoes and add them to the pan.