Puttanesca.. Oh boy, fan freaking tastic.. the olives were so good.. really well balanced dish. Something about the mix of fresh tomatoes and canned and then really only cooking it all for less than 8 minutes, it was bright and salty and fruity.. I successfully avoided shaving orange rinds into the dish.
When I first heard of this dish, as a kid, the first thing you hear about is that it's a whore's pasta.. And the legend has it, they needed to make something quick.. And really that is where the beauty of the dish comes in.. Everything is moments.. In fact i first cooked the garlic in oil, then added the anchovy and almost immediately after added the tomatoes and all the other ingredients.. Once all the ingredients were added, it tasted done immediately.. It tasted good almost like a cold sauce, something like what I guess the original ketchup was made to taste like.. like it would have tasted fun as a cold pasta salad with farfalle maybe..
by the way, the pasta is supposedly made or has the license of a famous chef.. it's really good.. a small sturdy semolina and egg based tagliolini. I prefer thicker wider noodles but, i am also pretty easy.
