Lazy Olive and Sundried Tomato Pasta

While some people loath Sunday evenings, I quite like them.    Admittedly, you are staring down the barrel of a full week but if you’ve had fun over the weekend and even managed to get a few jobs sorted then, life doesn’t seem quite so bad.

That said, food on Sundays can be difficult.  If you’ve had a roast for lunch then you don’t want anything heavy and if you’ve just had a lazy day, it can be difficult to remove yourself from the sofa (or bed if you’ve slipped off for a nap), disentangle the cats and be creative.

Loki -  the evil Creature which makes it very hard to get up

However, (wo)manfully struggling against adversity I wandered into the kitchen and popped a pot of gluten free spaghetti on.  None of the sauces I normally would make appealed and I decided to produce my own version of Puttanesca so here goes:

Add sufficient pasta to serve the number of guests to boiling water

Find your food processor and then spend 10 minutes swearing as you attempt to assemble 

it and find the chopping attachment.  Wine and tears are allowed if you are alone.

For 2 people, add

4 anchovy filets with a little of the oil

2 sun dried tomatoe

A roughly chopped small red onion

Half a white onion

Teaspoon of dried chilies (I like it hot and this is to taste)

Handful of pit less olives (I used green but your choice)

Teaspoon of garlic paste or 2 cloves (again depends on your taste)

Remember to screw the top on tightly and then blitz until fine.  Forget and you will (as I 

say or may not have in the past) be picking your dinner off your kitchen cupboards. Don't 

worry if it doesn't look pretty, sometimes ugly tastes better. 

Ugly can end up beautiful

Add the blitzed ingredients to a pan with a little oil and fry lightly for about a minute or 

two before adding the drained pasta and mixing well to coat.

Squeeze half a lemon over each portion – this is to taste and should lift the dish rather 

than dominate it.

The resulting dish has a lovely hit of olives and lemon with a kick of chilli and a hit of 

something else (anchovy but you don’t have to tell anyone if they don’t like fish).

Really easy, really lovely and perfect for a lazy Sunday night.

Lxx


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