sugo alla puttanesca
"sauce à la sex worker" got its name, say the old wives, because prostitutes do not have as much time as house wives do to shop for ingredients and cook. it's a sauce that you can make in the time it takes for pasta to cook. if you have access to an italian grocer, you can get everything there.

-due denti d'aglio
-due pimenti secchi, arbol or italian
-olio, extra virgine
-pommodori interi in latta, 28 oz. (san marzano is best)
-filetti di sardina
-olive sott'olio, 1 cup
-prezzemolo

optionally,
-tonno
-funghi

start your pasta cooking.
coat the bottom of your skillet generously with the olive oil, heat it strongly.
add the garlic, crushed and slivered, and the dried peppers (as many as you like). fry for an instant, until the garlic starts to change color, then add the sardines (to taste) and the olives, chopped. you let it fry for a few seconds, longer if you like the sardine flavor to penetrate the oil. add the tuna and mushrooms at this time if you are using them. add your can of tomatoes. san marzano are worth the investment. you can alternately put fresh, diced roma tomatoes, seeded. crush the tomatoes with the spatula or potato masher as they fry. let the sauce reduce and thicken. add the chopped parsley.
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