Tuna and Lemon Pasta
"This simple recipe keeps the use of pots and pans to a minimum, cutting down on the washing up time. From Good Food Magazine. PaulaG tried this and used asparagus in place of the beans. Sounds like a great idea to me!"
photo by PaulaG
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 350 g pasta shells
- 200 g fresh green beans, trimmed and cut into short lengths
- 200 g tuna in vegetable oil
- 1 lemon, zest of, grated zest
- 22.18 ml capers
- 0.61 ml dried chili, crushed
- olive oil, for drizzling
directions
- Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 minutes.
- Add beans and cook for a further 3 minutes until both pasta and beans are just tender.
- Meanwhile, tip the tuna and its oil into a bowl and flake the fish, keeping the pieces quite large.
- Stir in the lemon zest, capers, chillies and plenty of salt and pepper.
- Drain the pasta and beans, return them to the pan and toss with the tuna mixture.
- Drizzle with a little olive oil if mixture seems dry and serve.
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This is a delicious main dish. The lemon flavor is subtle enough not to overpower the dish but strong enough for you to know it is there. After being converted from metric, the recipe calls for 12 1/2 oz of pasta. As per my box of shells, 2 oz is a serving. The amount of pasta was reduced to 8 oz and not having green beans, fresh asparagus was added the last 2 minutes. I did add some freshly ground salt and pepper to my serving. -
The lemon zest and chile made the flavor in this tuna and pasta dish outstanding! This is a very fresh tasting dish, and I loved it! Will adapt some of my recipes, and will make this again! Thanks!
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