A healthy, easy to make recipe after a busy day. All fresh ingredients mix perfectly with canned tuna and pasta while dill gives originality. Ready in 30 minutes, this one-pan dish doesn’t really need anything next to it. In any case, a big fresh salad to start the meal is always welcomed. Enjoy!!!
A Mediterranean Tuna Pasta Recipe with Creamy Tomato Dill Sauce
Ingredients
Instructions
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Bring water to a boil in a pot, add salt, bring to a boil again, add pasta and cook it according to package directions. When pasta is almost ready, take 1 cup of cooking water and set aside. While pasta water is heating, begin with the preparation of the sauce. Chop onion, tomatoes and dill.
Tip: Pasta water is filled with salt and leftover starch from boiling pasta which, when added to whatever hot fat—olive oil, butter, cream—results in a luxuriously smooth sauce. -
Add oil to a skillet. Heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and tomatoes. Cook, tossing occasionally for about 5 minutes.
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Reduce heat to low, add tomato juice, dill and sugar. Bring to a simmer. Cook stirring often, until thickened (about 10 minutes).
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When pasta is almost ready, add cream to the sauce. If the sauce is too thick, add a quantity of pasta cooking water to it. Cook until sauce is thickened again. Taste, season with salt and remove from heat. Add drained, flaked tuna and mix.
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Drain cooked pasta and add it to the skillet with sauce. Give everything a toss. Serve with freshly ground black pepper and enjoy!
Notes
- You can store the sauce (before adding cream and tuna) in the refrigerator for 1 week.
- Use wholegrain pasta. It is healthier but equally delicious!
- In Italy, they never serve fish pasta with Parmesan cheese.
- Canned tuna can be served cold, room temperature, or can be mixed into a dish that is being warmed to cook. Do not cook it.
This was the most delicious tuna recipe that I have ever eaten!