Penne Puttanesca
February 24, 2008
I don’t cook much, but I went out for dinner with my older son the other night and discovered the restaurant had dropped my favorite dish from there, Penne Puttanesca, from the menu. I had to go with something else, but that left me thinking of the dish since. So this morning I woke up with the idea to make it myself. Those of you who cook a lot know the Internet is a treasure trove for recipes, so I searched and found a bewildering array of choices. But I read a bunch, and found one I liked, at a sight whose name, MassRecipes.com, seems to indicated it is built for volume and not necessarily for quality.
But it worked out great. I fretted some in choosing the ingredients at the market, but then the cooking was fun. I made some pasta with a simpler sauce too in case my boys didn’t like the spicy sauce. Turns out my older son and I liked the Puttanesca, and my wife and younger son tried some and went with the simpler sauce. My older son ended up eating even more than I did, so I count it as a success!
Posted by Bill Trippe at February 24, 2008 8:04 PM
