hooker pasta

Linguini alla puttanesca is literally 

"linguini in the style of a whore" in Italian. 

Shocking, I know, but in earlier times we had a tendency to shrug off politically incorrect stuff like this. 

But it is salty and complex and delicious! 

Drain the oil from a 4oz jar of anchovies and from a cup or two of oily black olives into a large, thick bottom pot. 

7 or 8 tablespoons of oil is about right.

Chop four large cloves of fresh garlic,
and two large red peppers.

Heat the oil to sizzling and drop the vegetables in.

4 tablespoons of capers.

Chop the capers and anchovies and add them to the vegetables.

Coarsely chop a cup or two of salty black olives, I used pitted kalamatas but almost any black olive will do. 

Throw them in and keep stirring and bubbling.

Now chop up four large Summer tomatoes and a little basil you froze towards the end of last season. Sure you did. 

(Or a 28 ounce can of peeled if you must.)

Tons of freshly ground black pepper. 

The anchovies and capers are salty enough.

Bubble it gently for about 20 or 25 minutes,

then blend smooth about half of it, then dump it all back in.

Taste and add salt if you really want to. 

I don’t think it needs it. Yum.

DeCecco #7 linguini.

And then serve it with a flourish of grated reggiano and an icy cold beer (to your favorite lady_of_the_night.)