Chilli Tuna Pasta

Chilli Tuna Pasta

sobota, 15 lutego 2014

Chilli Tuna Pasta

Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 425 g tuna packed in oil
• 8 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 50 g pine nuts
• 250 ml pasta sauce (Leggos stir through Tomato)
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 teaspoons chili flakes (can use minced or fresh chilli instead if desired)
• 250 g penne
• 10 ml olive oil (for frying)
• 1/2 cup fresh basil, roughly coppped
• 30 g parmesan cheese (thick and long slices is great)

Directions

• 1 In a large pot, cook penne to taste (see packaging for details).
• 2 Add oil to a deep, heavy based frying pan. Chop onion and cook in pan along with garic and chilli on high heat until oninion is soft.
• 3 Add chopped sun dried tomatoes, tuna and pasta sauce.
• 4 Reduce heat to a simmer.
• 5 Add pine nuts.
• 6 When pasta has cooked, drain and add to frying pan along with chopped, fresh basil.
• 7 Stir pasta through sauce until well coated.
• 8 Serve in large, open bowl.
• 9 Top with slices of fresh parmesan cheese.
• 10 You can add pretty much anything to this dish - olives, egg plant, artichoke hearts, capers - even anchovy fillets are lovely.
• 11 You can also remove the tuna from the dish and add 4 or 5 rashers of chopped bacon instead. This is VERY nice.