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Quick Pantry Pastas with Marinara

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Marinara with olives and capers makes a tasty pasta dish. Use 1 1/2 cups pitted green or black olives to 4 cups of marinara plus 1/4 cup of capers.

From Lidia's Family table by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Copyright (c) 2004 by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Published by Knopf. Lidia Bastianich hosts the hugely popular PBS show, "Lidia's Italian-American kitchen" and owns restaurants in New York City, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh. Also the author of Lidia's Italian Table and Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen, she lives in Douglaston, New York. Jay Jacob's journalism has appeared in many national magazines. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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