Week 3: Pasta Putaneska

Week 3 is also from a friend, and I again added to it based on what I had. This worked well since this is the "pasta of whores." Back in the day, these women would make the sauce using whatever they could find, so it's  a modge-podge of ingredients that you can always add to!

Pasta Putaneska

Ingredients:

1-4 anchovies (based on your taste)
1 jar tomato sauce
3 cloves garlic
Olives
Italian Seasoning
Pasta noodles of your liking
Cooked ground beef/turkey, or chicken
Oil

I make my own spaghetti sauce (see post "Spaghetti Sauce") but for the sake of this recipe, I just listed tomato sauce in the ingredients.

In a pan, heat 1 table spoon of oil. Add anchovies and cook until they disintegrate. Add the garlic and cook for about 2 minutes. Add in the tomato sauce, seasonings, olives, and meat. Simmer for about 5 minutes until all the flavors mix. Serve over noodles. 

When I first made this, I only used 2 anchovies because I don't really like a fish flavor. Though I was hesitant to use it at all, it really did add just a little extra to the sauce flavor. I may even try three next time...

I had some chicken thawed that I had planned to use for another dish that I never cooked the night before, so I boiled it for about 25 minutes until it was cooked through, then pulled it apart with 2 forks to add to my sauce. With this sauce, anything goes, so try different things and let me know how it turned out :) Enjoy!