The puttanesca sauce in jar cooking I propose today is taken from my first book: Easy Jar Cooking (ed.Gribaudo). Like all sauces in jar cooking in the microwave, it cooks in a few minutes and keeps in the refrigerator for a month*. I often prepare sauces in jar cooking, finding it very convenient to come home and, while the pasta is cooking, open a jar of choice. My daughter loves first courses, while I prefer main courses and vegetables, so I can satisfy both of us in a few minutes. Another sauce she likes a lot is tomato sauce in jar cooking.
This classic, cooked in a jar, will give you an amplified taste and, thanks to this technique, you won’t buy ready-made sauces anymore.
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Now, ready, jars and let’s prepare the best puttanesca sauce in jar cooking there is!!
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 20 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 3
- Cooking methods: Microwave, Jar Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 94.15 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 4.28 (g) of which sugars 2.60 (g)
- Proteins 1.50 (g)
- Fat 8.61 (g) of which saturated 1.63 (g)of which unsaturated 2.59 (g)
- Fibers 2.17 (g)
- Sodium 405.89 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 115 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Shopping list for making puttanesca sauce in a jar
- 1 1/4 cups peeled tomatoes
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tsp salted capers
- 1 salted anchovy
- 5 green olives (pitted)
- 5 black olives (pitted)
- 1 chili pepper
- 1 tsp chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pinch salt
What you need to make sauce in jar cooking
You can find jars on the Decorazioni Dolci website, with discount code (WECK10).
- 1 Jar 500 ml with thick gasket
- 1 Small glass bowl
- 1 Knife
How to make sauce in a jar
Soak the capers in fresh water. Wash and fillet the anchovy. Slice the chili pepper and peel the garlic. Put in the small bowl: garlic, chopped anchovy, and chili pepper, add the oil and sauté for a minute at the highest power of your microwave. To avoid unpleasant splashes, you can place a microwave splatter cover over the bowl.
Distribute the sautéed mixture in the jar, add the olives, parsley, squeezed capers, salt, and tomato. Mix well with a spoon, clean the rim of the jar, close and clasp it.
Set the microwave to your tested power (I use 600 watts), insert the jar, and start cooking for 6 minutes. At the end, let the closed jar rest for at least 20 minutes. During this time, the sauce will finish cooking and a vacuum will form. Once at room temperature, you can store it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for a month. Scroll to the bottom of the article to read all my tips.
Tips for making jar-cooked sauces
In order for jar-cooked sauces to keep for a month, remember to use new gaskets and jars with thick gaskets. Once the sauce is cooked, it can remain outside the fridge for 24 hours, provided the outside temperature is not too high.
Remember that to open vacuum-sealed jars, as stated in the instructions, you just need to put them in the microwave, unclasped, and start at the tested power for about 3 minutes or until opened. If cold from the fridge, it’s advisable to bring the glass to room temperature to avoid thermal shock, using the defrost function for about 3 minutes.
Remember that to open vacuum-sealed jars, as stated in the instructions, you just need to put them in the microwave, unclasped, and start at the tested power for about 3 minutes or until opened. If cold from the fridge, it’s advisable to bring the glass to room temperature to avoid thermal shock, using the defrost function for about 3 minutes.
