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Tuna Pasta

Course Main Course, Pasta
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 2
Author Vincenzo's Plate

Equipment

  • fork
  • wooden spoon
  • Medium fry pan
  • large pot for boiling pasta
  • Hand-held sieve

Ingredients

  • 300 grams Fusilli Pasta
  • 400 grams Tuna in olive oil
  • 1 Large lemon
  • Small jar capers marinated in salt
  • 120 grams Rocket/arugula salad
  • Small bunch fresh parsley chopped
  • Extra virgin olive oil EVOO

Instructions

  • Tuna pasta needs good quality fusilli pasta, cooked one minute less than the required time, so start by adding 5L water to a large pot and put it on the stove to boil.
  • Next put your fry pan on the stove at a medium heat and add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO).
  • Mix in 400g tuna, breaking it down into small pieces using a fork, then add the zest of a lemon before cutting it in half and squeezing fresh juice from both sides.
  • Stir the juice into the tuna pasta mixture using a wooden spoon before adding the capers and fresh parsley and mixing through.
  • Add salt, pepper, mix once more before leaving to simmer for 5 minutes then remove from stove.
  • Next add a pinch of rock salt to the pot of boiling water.
  • Put the dry fusilli pasta in the pot and cook 1 minute less than the required time.
  • Once the pasta is ready, put the fry pan back on the stove at a low heat and add 1 cup of pasta water before mixing using a wooden spoon.
  • Add the drained pasta to the pan and combine really well adding more pasta water if necessary. This will help thicken the tuna pasta mix.
  • Mix for up to a minute, remove tuna pasta from heat.
  • E ora si mangia, Vincenzo’s Plate….Enjoy!

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