Turn the heat down to low, cover, and simmer for another 10 minutes.Ħ. Add the sun-dried tomatoes, the olives, and the capers, stir well, Add the crushed tomatoes to the pan, stir well, and simmer for 2ĥ. Add the grilled red pepper to the mix, shake wellĤ. Cook until the edges of the garlic begin to turnģ. Pan every so often to insure nothing sticks and the flavorsĬombine well.
Pinch of sea salt warm at medium-low heat for two minutes.Ģ. In a 10″ diameter, deep (no shorter than 3″) saucepan add a generousīit of olive oil (just enough to completely cover the bottom) and a good can whole San Marzano tomatoes, salted and crushed by handĢ fresh medium anchovies, cleaned, rinsed, dried, and chopped (since fresh anchovies are rarely found even in larger cities, 8 canned or bottled anchovies may be substituted)ġ lb. Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca / Giuliano Carmignola (Erato)Įxtra virgin olive oil (a good aromatic one like Coltibuono or OlioĨ cloves garlic, peeled and finely slicedġ medium grilled red pepper, finely choppedġ 28 oz. John GreeneĪrte dei Suonatori / Rachel Podger (Channel Classics) Likewise, this Puttanesca is sensually laced with delights guaranteed to excite the palate. And listeners familiar with the many viscerally exciting, breathtakingly virtuosic passages featured in La Stravaganza, La Notte, Il Proteo, etc., can’t help but believe the source of inspiration to be secular rather than sacred. His music certainly often displays a sensual character that seems to draw more on Pagan subjects than Christian ones, his Quattro Stagioni being the most famous example.
Sacrilege you say? How could this sauce of such notorious origin (“puttana” in Italian means “hooker”–and legend has it that when the ladies needed something quick and hearty between appointments Puttanesca was born) be in any way associated not only with one of the 18th century’s greatest composers but with a man of the cloth as well? Though an ordained priest, Vivaldi after all was Italian, and he resided in one of the most sensual cities in the world–Venice and as maestro di violino at the Pio Ospedale della Pieta–one of the four Venetian institutions devoted to the care of orphaned, abandoned, and “indigent” women, less than pious thoughts must have preoccupied him now and again.
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