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Canned Tuna Pasta

Cultural Context

Canned tuna pasta is a quick and easy dish popular in Mediterranean cuisine, often enjoyed as a light lunch or dinner.

MediterraneanXXmain
20 min
easy
2 servings
Servings4
200g / 7oz spaghetti
1 tbsp cooking salt
285g/ 10 oz canned tuna in oil, drained
2 clove garlic, finely minced
2 anchovy fillets, minced
1/2 tsp chilli flakes/red pepper flakes
2 tsp baby capers
1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
1 tsp lemon zest
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1

Cook pasta in 3L/3 qts boiling water with the 1 tbsp salt. Just before draining, scoop out ~1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta.

2

In the same pot, heat the reserved oil from the tuna cans over medium heat. Cook garlic, anchovies and chilli flakes for 1 min.

3

Add pasta, capers and 1/3 cup of reserved pasta water. Toss using 2 spatulas for 2 min.

4

Add tuna, parsley, lemon zest, juice, salt and pepper. Toss gently to mix through – try to keep some tuna chunks. Serve immediately!

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