Fresh spaghetti with green olives - for 4 persons

500 g grams of fresh spaghetti
100 g of stoned/pitted small green olives
50 g of dried preserved tomatoes
30 g of anchovy filets preserved in oil
10 g of capers
a few leaves of basil
8 centiliters of olive oil
table salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Make 5 liters of water boiling
2. While water is heating, heat the olive oil in a pan, add the olives, the anchovy filet cut in 2 parts, the dried tomatoes cut in big dice and the capers
3. Let them sweat in the covered pan during 5 minutes
4. When the water is boiling, salt it and pour the spaghetti making them standing up, then stir with a fork and count 2 minutes of cooking after water is boiling again
5. Quickly drain the spaghetti and add the foodstuff prepared in the pan, blend quickly with a wooden spoon, add (very few) table salt and some black pepper
6. Place the spaghetti very hot in a large hollow dish with minced basil leaves and eat it with a good Bandol (rosé wine from the Provence area) this nice beautiful and friendly dish

Fresh spaghetti with green olives From : Dubarry - Aug-05 16:45
Tootsie I understand that the list of recipes already translated in English does not cover your needs : is that because you have prepared all of them or because none of them fits your taste ? Many new recipes have been translated recenty and we will continue to do our best : keep connecting to the site.

Fresh spaghetti with green olives From : tootsie roll - Aug-05 16:45
do yodo you have any others

Fresh spaghetti with green olives From : Dubarry - Aug-05 16:45
Hi Kate, Go up to the left side of this page ; under "French recipes", you find several icons : when you point on them, you can read "starters" or "meat" or "fish" etc... You can find, sorted by meal categories and also by main ingredients, ideas that should suit your requirements. Main courses are under "meat", "fish" and "other dishes". If you cannot find what you'd like, please just tel us the main ingredient of the main courses you like (example : eggs, veal, mutton, sea fish, poultry, pork ... and the kind of garnish or vegetable you like and we will do our best to give you some examples. Where are you settled and what fresh ingredients do you currently find ?