Pasta alla Puttanesca

Pasta alla Puttanesca is a traditional pasta dish is from Naples, an historical and vibrant city in southern Italy. This dish if famed for it’s name which translates as “Pasta the way a whore would make it”, while there are many theories why it is named as such the most likely that I have heard is that it is a quick, cheap yet tasty meal that could easily be prepared by Napoli’s ladies of the night!

Ingredients:	One lb. of Pasta (I use Spaghetti)
	3 tablespoons of Olive oil
	2 - 3 Cloves of Garlic (I use 3 but I like garlic!)
	1 dried red pepper (or red pepper flakes)
	1 onion chopped
	1 can of Italian Plum tomatoes (28 ounze can)
	16 black olives
	Tomato paste
	2 tablespoons of capers
	One can of anchovies (chopped)

To prepare this dish:

Chop the pepper, onion and the garlic and set aside for later
In a frying pan, heat the olive oil.
Once its hot, fry the red pepper and the garlic.
After a minute or so, add the onion
As the ingredients are frying, chop the olives and the anchovies.
After a few minutes of frying, add the olives, anchovies, capers and tomaot paste
Next add in the tin of tomatoes (break them up a bit)
Cook for twenty to thirty minutes until the mixture reduces down.
Serve on the spagetti, top with some parmesan for that authentic tate!

This is a quick and easy meal, perfect after a hard day at work!