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.
