A twist on puttanesca and pangritata

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 15 mins
Ingredients
  • FOR THE PANGRITATA
  • 3 thick slices of stale sourdough, toasted
  • 45g walnuts, toasted
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 15g freshly chopped thyme 
  • FOR THE PUTTANESCA
  • 350g dried spaghetti, or bucatini
  • 1 handful black olives
  • 2 lemons, zest of
  • 2 fresh red chillies, finely chopped
  • 25g basil, leaves torn
  • Olive oil
  • 3 large ripe tomatoes, chopped
  • 25g capers
  • 4 anchovy fillets, chopped
  • 240g tinned tuna
  • 100g Parmesan, grated

1. For the pangritata, whizz up all the ingredients in a food processor until they form a fine breadcrumb.

2. Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.

3. For the sauce, roast the olives with the lemon zest in a little olive oil, for 15 minutes at 180 degrees or equivalent.

4. Toss the warm pasta with all of the sauce ingredients and sprinkle lavishly with pangritata.

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a Kiwi chef living on the west coast of Ireland