Aromatic Pasta
Aromatic Ziti, one of our all-time summer favorites! This Pasta in an olive and capers sauce with Anchovies is fresh, delicious, and beyond easy to put together.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 350 gr. Ziti or Penne
- 30 gr. ancovy Fillets in Oil
- 25 gr. capers
- 45 gr. black olives stone in
- 2 springs fresh parsley
- 5 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- sea coarse salt
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Drain the anchovy fillets, then dry them with a kitchen paper and chop.
- Drain the capers, wash and dry them. Pull out the stone from the olive and tear the fresh in pieces.
- Finely chop the parsley together with the capers and put aside.
- Heat 5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat, pour in the anchovies, melt and crush them with the help of a fork. Cook for a minute, then add the olives and cook for a further 2 minutes, stirring.
- Meanwhile, bring to a boil 4 liters of salted water in a large saucepan and cook the penne until ‘al dente’. Drain the pasta, reserving some cooking water, and tip into the frying pan together with the anchovies and the olives. Loosen with some cooking water and toss well over the heat.
- Remove from the heat, add the capers and the parsley and with the help of two forks mix everything together to allow the flavors to combine.
- Serve immediately and enjoy this wonderful dish!!