Vegetarian Pasta Puttanesca

A vegetarian pasta puttanesca recipe, low-fat and vegan, too! Pasta puttanesca is a low-fat pasta sauce recipe with capers, kalamata olives and red pepper flakes in a sauce similar to a marinara sauce. This Italian pasta puttanesca recipe is both vegetarian and vegan. Scroll down for more vegetarian pasta recipes to try.

Ingredients:

1 tbsp olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
2 tbsp capers
1/4 cup sliced kalamata olives
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, or to taste
dash salt and pepper, to taste
1 tbsp olive brine
1 14 ounce can crushed tomatoes
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Preparation:

Sautee the garlic in olive oil for a minute or two. Add the basil, capers, olives and red pepper flakes, and cook for another two minutes.

Reduce heat to low, and add the brine and tomatoes. Cover and simmer for at least fifteen minutes. Serve hot over cooked pasta.

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User Reviews

5 out of 5

Quick and delicious!, Member elacruz7

Very easy to make! Spicy with the red pepper flakes.

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Jolinda Hackett
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