Tuna linguine

Name: Tuna linguine
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian cuisine
Ingredients: 2 tin pink tuna in oil; 1 garlic cloves; ½ bunch flat-leaf parsley; 3 spring onions incl. green parts; 1 organic lemons; 2 tbsp olive oil; 30 g breadcrumbs; 350 g pasta; 40 g capers; 2 pinch sea salt; ¼ tsp chilli flakes; ¼ tsp salt; a little pepper

main dish Italian cuisine dinner

Total: 30 min. | Active: 30 min.

lactose-free

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You can whip up this delicious dish in just 30 minutes. Spring onions, capers, lemon and tuna combine to make a fresh, aromatic sauce. Crispy breadcrumbs with garlic and parsley top it all off. As is so often the case, the simple recipes are the best.

Recipe by:
Daniela Bieder – daniela CULINAIRE

Ingredients

for 4 people

Breadcrumbs
1 tbsp	olive oil
30 g	breadcrumbs
1	garlic clove, squeezed
½ bunch	flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 pinch	sea salt

Sauce
1 tbsp	olive oil
3	spring onions incl. green parts, cut into thin rings, greens set aside
2 tin	pink tuna in oil (each approx. 200 g)
1	organic lemon, grated zest and the juice
40 g	capers, rinsed, drained
¼ tsp	chilli flakes
¼ tsp	salt
a little	pepper

Pasta
350 g	pasta
	salted water, boiling

How it's done

Breadcrumbs

Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add the breadcrumbs, garlic and parsley, season with salt. Toast the breadcrumbs for approx. 5 mins. while stirring. Remove the breadcrumbs, set aside.

Sauce

Heat the oil in the same frying pan. Sauté the spring onions for approx. 5 mins. Add the tuna, lemon zest, lemon juice and capers, season and heat gently.

Pasta

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until just al dente. Set aside 200 ml of cooking water, drain the pasta and add it to the tuna, together with the reserved cooking water. Cook the pasta briefly, stirring occasionally, serve with the breadcrumbs and the reserved spring onion greens.

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