The document provides a quick recipe for a 5-minute puttanesca pasta dish, ideal for busy days. It outlines the ingredients, including canned tomatoes, capers, olives, garlic, and sardines, and details the preparation steps. Variations such as adding spicy red pepper flakes or substituting salmon or tuna are also suggested.

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5 MINUTE PUTANESCA

2. 5 Minute Putanesca

3. 5 Minute Putanesca
This fast and furious recipe is perfect for those busy
days that you just need to get supper done!
To maxamize your time, start by getting the water
for the pasta on the stove, covered, on high,
and getting to the boil.
Make it even faster by pre-boiling the water
in a rapid boiling hot pot, then transfer the water to
the pasta pot.
* If you're a purist, this recipe might not be for you...

4. The Ingredients
• Tomatoes (canned - whole Once the water for the
OR diced) pasta is on the stove and
getting hot, it's time to
• Capers get your mise en place.
• Black Olives
• Garlic (or Garlic Paste)
• Sardines
• Pepper to taste (Olives and
capers provide the salt.)

5. Preparation
Pour tomatoes into a medium sized pot.
Bring to simmer on medium to medium
high heat.

6. Preparation
Add Capers

7. Preparation
Add Olives

8. Preparation
Add Sardines
Oil and all if you want.

9. Preparation
Stir in the garlic and mix the
ingredients well, breaking up the
sardines into nice bite sized pieces.

10. Preparation
Cover the sauce, reduce
heat to low and let
simmer.
Drop the pasta into
boiling water and cook to
desired texture.

11. Presentation
Varations:
Add spicy red pepper
flakes.
Add roasted red
peppers.
Substitute Salmon or
Tuna.
Drain pasta. Put pasta on a plate, and pour 5 Minute
Putanesca on top.
Alternately, pour pasta into sauce, and mix it all together.
(Putting the pasta down and the sauce on top makes a nicer
presentation, I think.)

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