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Pasta alla puttanesca means literally "whore's style pasta" in Italian.
According to the definition of "Puttanesca" is
"pasta served with or being a pungent tomato sauce typically containing olives, garlic, capers, hot pepper, and sometimes anchovies —usually used postpositively <pasta puttanesca>"
It is known that the pasta was invented in mid-1950s.
There are a few different versions of the origins of this pasta.
One of the most famous legend(?) is that it was a quick and easy pasta sauce for the Puttanas to make in between customers, hence the name Puttanesca sauce.
It has a pungeant, spicy, tangy flavour.
The sauce alone is called sugo alla puttanesca in Italian.I make this pasta usually with penne, but traditionally, the sauce is served with spaghetti.
You can give and take a couple of ingredients, but I think all the common ingredients are "must"
It depends on your taste.
The one ingredient that I like to add is "canned tuna"
There are not many people who put tuna to pasta alla puttanesca.
But, I do.
Read more from Whore's style tangy pasta: Pasta alla Puttanesca at Heavenly Palate Blog
