3 ditalini capers Recipes

kosher salt, lemon, olive oil, garlic , smashed, crushed red pepper flakes, high-quality diced tomatoes , with their juices, heaping tsp. drained capers, rinsed and roughly chopped, tightly packed pitted gaeta or kalamata olives, roughly chopped, dried ditalini (or other small pasta), freshly ground black pepper, sliced chives

pasta (i prefer small for this dish, such as farfalle, ditalini, small rigatoni, etc.), eggplant, chopped into very small pieces, stalks celery, finely chopped, green olives and black olives, chopped (good olives!), garlic, chopped, green pepper, finely chopped, capers , please used salted ,not the brine variety,this makes a big difference in flavor (i use more), salt, black pepper, extra virgin olive oil, crushed tomatoes, hot pepper flakes (optional)