Puttanesca Sauce
also called spaghetti alla puttanesca · alla puttanesca
- Pizzeria
- serves 4
- about 35 min
- Sauces & Gravies
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| 4 cloves(thinly sliced)garlic | melt anchovies 3 min | warm 1 min | simmer 20 min | season off heat |
| 6(chopped)anchovy fillets | ||||
| 1/4 cup(60 mL)extra-virgin olive oil | ||||
| 1/2 cup(70 g; pitted and halved)Kalamata olives | ||||
| 2 Tbs(rinsed)capers | ||||
| 1/2 tspred pepper flakes | ||||
| 28 oz(800 g; crushed by hand)whole peeled tomatoes | ||||
| 1/2 tspdried oregano | ||||
| 1/4 cup(chopped)flat-leaf parsley | ||||
| 1/4 tspblack pepper | ||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.10 things to get out.
1melt anchovies 3 min
2warm 1 min
goes in with what step 1 made
3simmer 20 min
goes in with what step 2 made
4season off heat
goes in with what step 3 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 24 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- 4 minof the steps that give a time
One of the 4 steps never says how long it takes, so both numbers are floors. Nothing here says whether you can walk away, so all 4 min of it is counted as time you are standing over it. The recipe itself says 35 min.
melt anchovies 3 min
3 minneeds you(assumed)from the start
warm 1 min
1 minneeds you(assumed)3 min in
simmer 20 min
20 minwalk away(read off the step)4 min in
season off heat
not timed24 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.
See how it is written
>> title: Puttanesca Sauce
>> category: Sauces & Gravies
>> tags: tomato, anchovy, olives, pasta, stovetop
>> counters: Pizzeria
>> aka: spaghetti alla puttanesca, alla puttanesca
>> servings: 4
>> time: 35 min
>> step.1: melt anchovies 3 min
>> step.2: warm 1 min
>> step.3: simmer 20 min
>> step.4: season off heat
Warm @garlic{4%cloves}(thinly sliced) and @anchovy fillets{6}(chopped) in @extra-virgin olive oil{1/4%cup}(60 mL) over medium-low heat for ~{3%min}, mashing until the anchovies melt.
Warm @Kalamata olives{1/2%cup}(70 g; pitted and halved), @capers{2%Tbs}(rinsed), and @red pepper flakes{1/2%tsp} in @&(~1)anchovy oil{} for ~{1%min}.
Simmer @&(~1)base{} with @whole peeled tomatoes{28%oz}(800 g; crushed by hand) and @dried oregano{1/2%tsp} for ~{20%min}.
Season @&(~1)sauce{} off the heat with @flat-leaf parsley{1/4%cup}(chopped) and @black pepper{1/4%tsp}.