One of our favorites for a Saturday night (after a busy weekend) is eating pasta while watching our favorite series (probably I’m repeating this a lot here). This Saturday tuna puttanesca was picked among our favorite pastas list. Especially after we found out that the best source of Vitamin D is fatty fish (as I have Vitamin D insufficiency in one of the sunniest places on Earth!), we try to include fish in our meals as much as we can.
So we started with cooking a classic tomato sauce (from Jamie Oliver). For this, we fried two chopped gloves of garlic with some chopped basil stalks and a pinch of dried oregano for a few minutes. To spice it up we threw in a whole red chili pepper (pinched so it doesn't explode!). Then we added two cans of good quality plum tomatoes, seasoned it with salt and pepper and let it simmer for half an hour. Towards the end we added a swig of balsamic vinegar to sweeten the sauce.
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| tomato sauce simmered and the puttanesca ingredients added |
For our puttanesca we added a handful of pitted black olives, a couple of anchovies (drained), a handful of capers and a can of tuna flakes. By the way the best canned tuna we’ve found until now is 'Pan de Mar' from the Organic shop or Calvo (from any supermarket). The pasta was ready within 5 to 7 minutes.
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| two bowls of delicious pasta |
We love pasta and Mad Man!
I don't know if you've heard it already but spaghetti puttaneca means, bitch's spaghetti. The reason is, the dish can be prepared quickly and the lady can continue her business. Just like the "orospu mantisi" in Turkish which is prepared by simply adding minced meat at the top of some shell pasta (instead of preparing stuffed pasta). Cheerios, keep up the good blog guys.
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