HNT/a slut's supper

It may look insignificant at the beginning, but this pungent blend of garlic and anchovy sings such a significant song with sharp tomato and salty capers. Supper in less than 15 minutes, yet the chilli warmth and savoury depth will keep you content for much longer. Maybe that is why it is called Whores' Pasta.

3 tablespoons of olive oil, heated in a large pan. Add 8 anchovy fillets, well drained and chopped. Cook for about 3 minutes, pressing with a wooden spoon until the fragments have melted. Add 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped and 1/2 teaspoon of chilli flakes (increase as you wish). Stir for a minute or so.

Add a tin of chopped tomatoes (a handful of cherry tomatoes is an added bonus), 150g black olives, randomly chopped (although i like to use whatever i have handy, and pimento-stuffed green olives work well, thank you very much), 2 tablespoons small capers, rinsed and drained.

Simmer gently for about 10 minutes, while a pan of spaghetti cooks.

To serve, add chopped parsley and black pepper and, if you're feeling exceptionally hungry, a tin of flaked, drained tuna.

Nigella Lawson recommends reserving a cup of the pasta cooking liquid to add to sauces at the end, if they look a little dry .. it is a good tip.

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Clearing up discarded clothes i found a single leg of a stocking, twisted and collapsed. The scent in the fabric is sweet apple, transporting me instantly back to his house, his bed sheets, the darkness and my almost-nakedness with striped legs wrapped across his shoulders.