25/11/2023
Avocado, Tuna and Pine Nut Spaghetti
A quick and easy spaghetti dish with creamy avocado, tasty tuna and the crunch of pine nuts.
Serves:
2
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 250g spaghetti or fettuccine
- 50g butter
- 2 spring onions, chopped
- 300ml bottle cream
- 185g can tuna in olive oil
- 1 avocado, diced
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons chopped dill and/or continental parsley, and extra for garnish
- sea salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon toasted pine nuts
Method
- Boil spaghetti in a large pot of salted boiling water until ‘al dente’ and drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water.
- Melt butter in pot and sauté spring onions until softened. Add cream and oil from tuna, bring to the boil and simmer until saucy. Toss in spaghetti and a little pasta water if needed.
- Stir in avocado, tuna, dill, lemon juice and chopped dill. Season to taste.
- Portion into bowls and serve sprinkled with pine nuts and dill sprigs.
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