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Spaghetti Mackerel Puttanesca
A quick easy pasta dish
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Serves |
4-6 |
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Prep time |
10 minutes |
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Cook time |
20 minutes |
Puttanesca is a classic Italian recipe with most of the ingredients being long life, so it’s an easy one to roll out when you have run out of fresh ingredients!
Ingredients
| 400g | tinned chopped tomatoes |
| 1 | brown onion, sliced |
| 240g | tinned mackerel in tomato sauce |
| 2 | anchovies, diced |
| 2 tbsps | capers |
| 2 | cloves of garlic, crushed |
| 6 | black olives (optional) |
| 2 tbsps | balsamic vinegar |
| 2 tsps | oregano |
| 500g | spaghetti |
| 2 tbsps | olive oil |
| 1l | boiling water |
| salt and pepper, to taste |
Method
1. Place a large pan over a medium heat, add the olive oil and bring up to temperature.
2. Once hot, add the onions with a pinch of salt and a the vinegar, stir through and cook for 5 minutes or until the onions have softened.
3. Add the diced anchovies and garlic, cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly to make sure the garlic does not burn.
4. Add the tinned tomatoes, oregano and olives. Cook for 5 minutes or until the tomatoes are soft.
5. Add the tinned mackerel and stir through evenly, then cook on a low heat.
6. In the meantime, take a second pan and add it over a medium fill with boiling water and cook the spaghetti for 10 minutes. season once boiling with salt, then strain once done.
7 Add the spaghetti to the sauce, mix and then serve.
Chef’s tips
Any vinegar will work if balsamic is unavailable try red wine or white wine vinegar.