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16/04/2024

Tuna, Caper and Tomato Shell Pasta

A quick tasty pasta made with store cupboard ingredients.

Serves:

4-6

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

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Ingredients

  • 500g shell pasta
  • 1 x 425g can tuna in oil
  • 1 large onion, finely diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 750ml bottle tomato passata
  • 2 tablespoons capers
  • 1/2 cup chopped continental parsley
  • sea salt and pepper, to taste

Method

  • Cook pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until al dente and drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water.
  • Drain the oil from the tuna into the pot, heat and sauté onion and garlic until softened. Add tomato passata, capers and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in pasta, flaked tuna and season to taste, adding the reserved pasta water if required. Stir in parsley and serve sprinkled with pepper.

Tips

  • Freeze the sauce on its own or with the pasta tossed in, for up to 3 months.
  • STYLING Finish the dish with a few extra capers and continental parsley leaves.
  • DRINK Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

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