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🍅 A spicy sauce 🍝 With olives and capers
puttanesca

puttanesca

7.4
Made with a tomato sauce that has olives, capers, and garlic
  • adjective
  • /ˌpuːtəˈnɛskə/
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  • He ordered the puttanesca pasta, which was prepared with fresh tomatoes, olives, and capers.

Examples

  • She prefers puttanesca sauce on her spaghetti for its strong, tangy flavor.

  • He ordered the puttanesca pasta, which was full of olives and capers.

  • The restaurant's special tonight is a puttanesca chicken served with crusty bread.

  • I love puttanesca pasta for dinner.

  • The restaurant serves a delicious puttanesca dish.

  • For dinner, she made a delightful puttanesca sauce that paired perfectly with her spaghetti.

  • The chef recommended the puttanesca dish, known for its bold flavors and ingredients like garlic and capers.

Surface Forms

puttanesca positive

Etymology

Puttanesca comes from Italian puttana, meaning 'prostitute', plus the ending -esca, meaning 'in the style of'. One popular story says cooks quickly mixed simple, strong ingredients between customers, so calling a dish puttanesca suggests it is made 'in that bold, ready-made style'.