So, this is one dish i really absolutely love cooking, its super easy and can be done with one (1) pot. I can't claim credit to it however, it's from Ottolenghi's book Flavour.
The story of this dish is an interesting one; it originates from Naples, cooked in brothels for members of staff in-between shifts of work. Puttana in Italian means Lady of the Night. This meal is very much inspired by that, it's spicy and sweet. Another version of the story is puttana contextually just means shit so pasta alla puttanesca just means yea i threw some shit together innit in italian. But that story is way more boring.
Ingredients for 4 people
50ml olive oil plus some spare to use as dressing
6 garlic cloves crushed
400g Tin of Chickpeas drained and patted dry
2 tsp hot smoked paprika
2 tsp ground cumin
3/4 tbsp tomato paste
40g of parsley chopped to your liking (roughly)
2 tsp lemon zest
125g Green Olives pitted and roughly chopped
250g sweet cherry tomatoes
3 tbsp of baby capers
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tbsp carraway seeds toasted and crushed
250g dried orecchiette
500ml of vegetable stock can use chicken if u want
Salt and Pepper
Recipe
Stick the first 6 ingredients into the pot (that's why i left the space between ingredients), 1/2 tsp of salt into a large sauté pan that has a lid, put on medium high heat and fry the chickpeas for 12 minutes, stirring until slightly crisp. Remove 1/3 of the chickpeas after for garnish if you want to.
In a mixing bowl, combine the: parsley, lemon zest, capers, olives, cherry tomatoes, sugar and carraway seeds. Cook this for 2 minutes on a high heat, stirring often.
Add the pasta, stock, 3/4 tsp of salt and 200ml of water and stir it all together.
Bring the pot to a simmer, then reduce to medium heat and put the lid on for 12-14 minutes or until the pasta is to your liking.
Add a good grind of pepper and serve! If you left the chickpea garnish, mix it in now.
Thats literally it. Enjoy !