Bad Guy’s Pasta
Recipe originally posted: February 28, 2013
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Spaghetti alla puttanesca is a fairly popular Italian pasta dish that you see around. The name is a bit bizarre, as it translates to whore’s style spaghetti. I don’t know where or how this started, and I don’t want to know. In the movie, Made, starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, Favreau’s character, Bobby, cooks the dish and explains it as “bad girl’s pasta” to his girlfriend’s daughter. I guess that’s a less offensive way to name the dish. When I make mine, I prefer to leave the whores and otherwise bad girls out of it. I call mine, “Bad Guy’s Pasta,” which is a play on the name and, of course, is a reference to Razor Ramon, the Bad Guy, otherwise known as Scott Hall. It’s a fairly simple dish that you can make and clean up inside of 20 minutes. It couldn’t be simpler.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 6-8 People | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 20 Minutes |
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Spaghetti alla puttanesca is a fairly popular Italian pasta dish that you see around. The name is a bit bizarre, as it translates to whore’s style spaghetti. I don’t know where or how this started, and I don’t want to know. In the movie, Made, starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, Favreau’s character, Bobby, cooks the dish and explains it as “bad girl’s pasta” to his girlfriend’s daughter. I guess that’s a less offensive way to name the dish. When I make mine, I prefer to leave the whores and otherwise bad girls out of it. I call mine, “Bad Guy’s Pasta,” which is a play on the name and, of course, is a reference to Razor Ramon, the Bad Guy, otherwise known as Scott Hall. It’s a fairly simple dish that you can make and clean up inside of 20 minutes. It couldn’t be simpler.
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Ingredients
- 1 Pound Pasta (Either Spaghetti or another long noodle)
- 3-4 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Cloves Freshly Minced Garlic
- 1 Can Peeled or Crushed San Marzano Tomatoes (28 oz)
- 1/3 Cup Cured Black Olives (pits removed and coarsely chopped)
- 2 TBSP Brined Capers
- 1 Pinch Crushed Red Pepper
- Black Pepper
- 2 Ounces Canned anchovies (Blotted dry)
Instructions
- Get a big pot of water up to a boil on a back burner and add a punch of salt.
- If using peeled tomatoes, crush tomatoes in a bowl using your hands or a fork.
- Coat a pan with olive oil and lightly cook the minced garlic.
- Add everything except the parsley.
- Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the parsley, and taste for seasoning. Add salt and pepper as required. (I promote seasoning in layers, but with brined capers, cured olives, and salty anchovies, there’s plenty of salt added at the beginning to layer the dish. In fact, I think I barely needed to add salt at the end.)
- Cook your pasta for a minute less than the package says.
- Add pasta to sauce over low heat. Toss carefully with tongs. Add 1-2 TBSP of water from boiling pasta until sauce gets tight around the pasta.
- Transfer to a warmed plate and enjoy!
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