Saucy linguine with octopus and green olives
This linguine with octopus and green olives in tomato sauce is a fancy yet easy pasta dish that you can make on a weeknight.
Equipment
- 1 pan
- 1 pot
Ingredients
- 1 Octopus leg cooked, sliced in bite sizes
- 10 green olives chopped
- half cup passata di pomodoro
- 2 cloves garlic sliced thinly
- 1-2 anchiovies chopped
- olive oil
- linguine for two
- salt, pepper, red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Put a big pot of salted water to boil. This is for your pasta.
- In a hot pan, on high heat, add some olive oil, garlic and the anciovies
- Then add the octopus. Sear the octopus on both sides. 1-2 minutes each side. Then add the chopped olives
- Add the passata di pomodoro - you can use fresh tomatoes as well, but as the octopus is cooked, i generally dont like to let the sauce cook too much
- Add salt and pepper
- lower the heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Taste it now for seasoning. If you need to add more, now it is the time
- Cook the pasta in the boiling water.
- When the pasta is aldente, transfer to the saucepan. Reserve some cooking water. It is filled with starch which will help everything get together in the end
- Mix everything, top with a bit of pasta water and olive oil. Depending on how you like your pasta
- Done