Directions

Heat the olive oil in a sauté pan and cook the garlic until it begins to soften.   Add the pepper flakes or pepper paste and cook 1 minute.  Stir in the anchovy and tomato paste and cook a couple of minutes.  Stir in the green and black olives, capers and tomatoes and cook a couple of minutes until the tomatoes start to shrivel.  Raise the heat to high and add the wine, allowing it to reduce for a couple of minutes.  Stir in the parsley, lemon juice and zest.  Season with salt and pepper and keep warm while the spaghetti cooks.

Cook the spaghetti in 4 quarts of boiling, salted water (1 tablespoon salt) until the spaghetti is al dente, meaning that when a strand is broken in half, no raw flour is visible.  Drain, reserving 1/4 cup of the pasta water.  Add the reserved water to the sauce and stir over low heat to blend.  Add the spaghetti and toss well with the sauce.

Serve in bowls with an olive or two and Pecorino Romano cheese sprinkled over each serving.

This recipe is featured on show 2805 – Classic Neapolitan Pasta.

This recipe is featured on Season 28 - Episode 2805.