Tarted Up Tuna Pasta
A community recipe by SamboNot tested or verified by Nigella.com
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Cook the pasta and when it is three minutes away from being ready, melt the butter in a saucepan over a low to medium heat. Once it has melted, add the drained tuna, then the anchovies with their oil. Using a fork, mash the anchovies into the tuna. You’ll find that in a matter of moments, they will all but disappear as they dissolve into the tuna. As soon as the fish has blended together, remove from the heat or the mixture will become dry. Drain the pasta and stir the fish mixture through it. This is a ‘mix in’ rather than ‘sit on top’ sort of pasta sauce. If you are using parsley, be generous as it adds a really fresh flavour to the dish. Plus it creates the illusion that you've gone to loads of effort, which you blatantly haven't had to. Can't wait to read your reviews!
Cook the pasta and when it is three minutes away from being ready, melt the butter in a saucepan over a low to medium heat. Once it has melted, add the drained tuna, then the anchovies with their oil. Using a fork, mash the anchovies into the tuna. You’ll find that in a matter of moments, they will all but disappear as they dissolve into the tuna. As soon as the fish has blended together, remove from the heat or the mixture will become dry. Drain the pasta and stir the fish mixture through it. This is a ‘mix in’ rather than ‘sit on top’ sort of pasta sauce. If you are using parsley, be generous as it adds a really fresh flavour to the dish. Plus it creates the illusion that you've gone to loads of effort, which you blatantly haven't had to. Can't wait to read your reviews!
Introduction
The quickest, easiest and tastiest pasta recipe on the planet.
The quickest, easiest and tastiest pasta recipe on the planet.
Ingredients
Serves: 2
Metric
Cups
- 50 grams anchovies
- 185 grams tuna (in oil)
- 250 grams pasta (penne is good)
- 1 slice butter (thick slice)
- 1 handful fresh parsley (chopped - optional)
- 1¾ ounces anchovies
- 6½ ounces tuna (in oil)
- 8⅚ ounces pasta (penne is good)
- 1 slice butter (thick slice)
- 1 handful fresh parsley (chopped - optional)
Method
Tarted Up Tuna Pasta is a community recipe submitted by Sambo and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
I have made this dozens of times and even those 'I don't like anchovy' types really enjoy it!
I have made this dozens of times and even those 'I don't like anchovy' types really enjoy it!
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Posted by Neil_in_Norfolk on 24th October 2012
Show more commentsDelicious! Cooked it for both us of, but she was late and I'd eaten nearly all of it by the time she got home!