Trump's Favourite Pasta - Pasta Putinesca

I am getting in the mood for Joe Biden's inauguration later today by revisiting some old posts and jokes about Donald Trump who is, in my humble opinion, America's worst president since Andrew Johnson was booted out of office in 1869. 

Question: What's was Donald Trump's favourite pasta during his stay in the White House?

Answer: Pasta Putinesca, of course!

Now the original version of Puttenesca just happens to be my own favourite pasta sauce and as a special treat I am sharing my tried and trusted recipe below (see post dated 20 May 2020).

  


Pasta Putinesca (03/03/17)



The 'Have I Got News For You' (HIGNFY) team have some fun with a spoof dinner menu for one of Donald Trump's official dinners. 

My favourite is 'Pasta Putinesca' the real version of which just happens to be my Number One pasta sauce.

  


Pasta Puttanesca (20/05/20)



Here's my favourite all-time pasta dish: Pasta Puttanesca which combines some of the most vibrant flavours of the Mediterranean - tomatoes, anchovies, olives and capers.



Ingredients

2 or 3 onions - finely chopped
100 grams of good quality anchovies 
150 grams of good quality black olives - roughly chopped
100 grams of capers - roughly chopped
8 to 10 cloves of garlic - finely chopped
1 heaped teaspoon of paprika
6 ripe tomatoes 
Zest of 1 lemon - plus the juice of half the lemon
Fresh or dried chillies to taste - this is a strong, fiery dish
A good dash of Worcestershire sauce
Handful of chopped parsley
Salt and pepper
2/3 tablespoons of olive oil
A large handful of roughly chopped basil - add just before serving
Some freshly grated Parmesan cheese 

Method

Bring a big pot of water to the boil to cook your pasta - enough for four hungry people. 

Sauté the onions in olive until soft add the anchovies and continue to cook the mixture gently until the anchovies dissolve.

Add you pasta to the boiling, salted water - cook until al dente (10/12) minutes

Add the garlic and paprika and continue cooking for a minute or two before adding the tomatoes. 

Add all the other ingredients one-by-one and stir into the mixture.

Add a ladleful of the pasta water to your Puttanesca sauce and simmer gently for 10-15 minutes 

Check the seasoning - drain the pasta, add this to your sauce, scatter the basil leaves and grated Parmesan cheese on top of the dish before serving.  


 

Popular posts from this blog

Kentucky Fried Seagull

Hugh Fearnley Whitingstall is one of my favourite - and endearingly bonkers - TV chefs. The River Cottage chef has a some imaginative ideas for adding seagulls to the national diet - including a recipe for Kentucky Fried Seagull - would you believe. Here's what HFW has to say on the subjecy -  I think I'll contact Hugh - and ask if he'll join the TAPAS campaign. "Vermin with wings? Chicken of the sea? Or just an opportunity missed?" "First and foremost, before we all go on a mad seagull killing frenzy. In the U.K it is against the law to kill seagulls or interfere with their nests under the countryside and wildlife act. Some Councils are allowed to cull them however, and usually do this by either poisoning or shooting them. How to catch your seagull. Remember this is against the law in the U.K. I don't want the Men in Blue knocking at the door because someone said that Foodimum told them it was okay to catch and eat seagulls. It isn...
Read more

Can Anyone Be A Woman?

Image
"All we ask... is FULL RIGHTS as women" 🤡 The legal lunacy that led to the recent Tickle V Giggle judgement was fought for as far back as the 30s. The Trans Takeover of Womanhood - 100 Years of Madness premieres this eve at UK time 🍿 https://t.co/1nzx8gxNA3 #Womanhood … pic.twitter.com/cZOkBrKPof — MrMenno 🏳️‍🌈🎶 (@MrMennoTweets) October 2, 2024 Mr Menno's response to the absurd 'Trans Takeover of Womanhood' - is intelligent, well researched and hilarious into the bargain. A must watch!    
Read more