Tuna pasta

It is one of the simplest and most classic dishes in our cuisine: we have all tried the pasta with tuna recipe at least once. But how to do it perfectly?

It's easy, actually very easy and delicious: it's pasta with tuna, the ideal comfort food for when you're tired and hungry, have little time and want maximum yield. You can prepare it in a thousand different ways: plain or with cherry tomatoes, with fresh tuna or with canned tuna, but don't worry, we will explain everything to you along the way on this culinary journey!

The trick to preparing a fantastic tuna pasta is to make the most of the ingredient: for us there are no better companions than anchovies, capers, lemon zest , garlic and aromatic herbs. However, we will also see some other delicious variations, so as to satisfy all tastes. Let's get started!

• With canned tuna
• With fresh tuna
• Tuna and tomato
• Other variations

Preparing the canned tuna pasta recipe

1. Let's get started straight away: to prepare this fabulous pasta with white tuna, boil a large pot of water for the pasta. Salt it a little, since it is a recipe with many tasty ingredients.
2. Meanwhile, take a pan and fry the poached garlic in a drizzle of oil. Also add the fresh chilli pepper and then melt the anchovy fillets.
3. Meanwhile, desalt the capers by rinsing them under running water and drain the tuna from its preserving liquid .
4. When the anchovies have melted, add the tuna and capers to the pan and sauté for a few minutes .
5. Now comes the secret: the cooking water! When the pasta is almost cooked, drain it directly into the pan and add a few ladles of cooking water to thicken the sauce with the starch .
6. Skip the pasta and in the meantime add the aromatic herbs (basil is also great) and the lemon zest to give that extra touch of acidity .

If you like, you can also add some cherry tomatoes, or some Taggiasca olives, which are great. Finally, as a variation on the classic grated cheese, we recommend breadcrumbs or toasted bread crumbs!

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How to make fresh tuna pasta

Do you have a nice piece of tuna that you don't know how to use? The solution we would like to recommend is to make a nice first course ! All you need to do is get 250g of fresh tuna (which will replace the canned tuna) and, in addition to the ingredients already mentioned, add a few cherry tomatoes to give colour:

• 400 g of spaghetti
• 250 of fresh tuna
• 5 cherry tomatoes
• 5 anchovy fillets
• capers to taste
• 2 cloves of garlic
• chili pepper to taste
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• lemon peel to taste
• fresh oregano to taste
• parsley to taste
• extra virgin olive oil to taste

1. Boil the water for the pasta, salt it and when it is ready , add the pasta , which you will have to cook according to the cooking time indicated on the package.
2. In the meantime, in a pan, season the oil with garlic, chillies and anchovy fillets (which should melt completely).
3. Cook the diced tuna and the quartered cherry tomatoes for about 15 minutes.
4. Also add the desalted capers. Sauté them for a few minutes, then remove the garlic.
5. Drain the pasta directly into the pan and stir it, adding cooking water if necessary. Complete with herbs and lemon zest and serve.

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Pasta with tuna and tomato

Let's see a variant for those who cannot give up the pleasure of a delicious tomato sauce , even when tuna is involved! You will need:

• 400 g of pasta
• 250 g of natural tuna
• 200 g of cherry tomatoes (or tomato sauce)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 shallot
• chili pepper to taste
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• extra virgin olive oil to taste

1. Put the water on for the pasta and in the meantime, in a pan, lightly fry the garlic in a drizzle of hot oil .
2. Also throw in the cherry tomatoes (washed carefully and cut in half previously) and a chopped shallot and let them cook covered for about ten minutes.
3. Then, add the canned tuna and turn off the heat.
4. When the water for the pasta boils, add salt and throw the pasta into it. After about 12 minutes , drain it and place it in the same pan as the tuna sauce.
5. Heat everything up so that it flavors well for about 3 minutes and add chilli, salt and pepper. Our first delicious dish is ready: bon appetit!

As an alternative to fresh cherry tomatoes you can also use peeled tomatoes or a ready-made puree.

Tuna pasta: the variations

As you may have understood, there really is no limit to your imagination when it comes to tuna pasta. But how many variations can you make? Well, we'll tell you some that will make your mouth water.

• Cold pasta. Tuna is also the main ingredient for a great cold pasta. To make it, cook the pasta, leaving it behind for a minute , so that when it has cooled it is not soft, and above all choose a short pasta. The combinations, then, are endless : in addition to tuna we recommend fresh tomatoes, mozzarella, olives, anchovies, basil and obviously a good grinding of pepper and excellent extra virgin olive oil!

• A dish that recalls "away from home student" recipes is Philadelphia and tuna pasta, but those who have tried it have had to change their minds about all kinds of prejudices. The recipe is very simple : after cooking and draining the pasta, add the tuna and Philadelphia to the pan (about 200 g will be enough). The cream cheese will serve as a perfect base for this simple and surprising dish!

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