Cod puttanesca with spaghetti

Name: Cod puttanesca with spaghetti
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 350g spaghetti; 2 tbsp olive oil; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 red chilli, chopped; 400g tinned chopped tomatoes; 80g pitted black olives, halved; 2 tbsp capers, drained; 500g skinless cod fillets, cut into chunks; 2 tbsp chopped parsley

Flaky cod in a punchy tomato, olive and caper sauce, piled over spaghetti.

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £3.08 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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350 gspaghetti
2 tbspolive oil
3garlic clovessliced
1red chillichopped
400 gtinned chopped tomatoes
80 gpitted black oliveshalved
2 tbspcapersdrained
500 gskinless cod filletscut into chunks
2 tbspchopped parsley

Method

1
Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water for 10 minutes, then drain.
10 min
2
Heat the oil in a large deep pan and cook the garlic and chilli for 1 minute.
1 min
3
Add the tomatoes, olives and capers and simmer for 8 minutes until thickened.
8 min
4
Nestle the cod into the sauce, cover and cook gently for 5 minutes until the fish just flakes.
5 min
5
Fold in the spaghetti, breaking up the fish gently. Add a splash of pasta water if it is dry.
6
Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

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