Spaghetti and gin olives

Name: Spaghetti and gin olives
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300g Sicilian green olives, pitted, flesh finely chopped; 1 tbsp baby capers; zest of 1 lemon; 50ml gin; ¼ cup excellent quality olive oil; 1 cup chopped herbs (I used thyme, flat-leaf parsley and basil)

Katrina Meynink

November 20, 2020

This simple pasta is a step up from eating a bowl of olives for dinner.KatrinaÂ Meynink

easyTime:< 30 minsMakes:4

I defined adulthood by the jars of capers lining my fridge drawers. Now deep into my adulthood, I judge its freedoms by calling a gin and a bowl of olives a complete meal. This combines all those adult feels in one gloriously simple yet delicious throw-together that can very legitimately be called dinner.

Ingredients

Gin sauce

300g Sicilian green olives, pitted, flesh finely chopped
1 tbsp baby capers
zest of 1 lemon
50ml gin
¼ cup excellent quality olive oil
1 cup chopped herbs (I used thyme, flat-leaf parsley and basil)

To serve

about 300g fresh linguine or spaghetti
1 tbsp excellent quality olive oil
generous amount of pecorino

Method

Add the gin sauce ingredients to a bowl and after a gentle stir, give them at least 20 minutes for the flavours to infuse.
Cook your pasta of choice according to packet instructions. Strain and return to pan – no matter if the pasta is still slightly wet. Immediately add the tablespoon of olive oil and toss the pasta to coat.
Turn out into a serving bowl. Season with salt and pepper then dollop over the gin sauce – it will warm through in the residual heat of the pasta. Season again and add copious amounts of shaved pecorino. Enjoy.
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