Name: Spicy tuna pasta
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 x 185g cans tuna in spring water, drained; 2 spring onions chopped; 1 egg beaten; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 350g jar tomato and chilli sauce (we used Loyd Grossman), or make your own (see below); ½ a 70g pack rocket roughly chopped; 400g spaghetti

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Spicy tuna pasta

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 x 185g cans tuna

in spring water, drained
2 spring onions

chopped
1 egg

beaten
1 tbsp vegetable oil
350g jar tomato and chilli sauce

(we used Loyd Grossman), or make your own (see below)
½ a 70g pack rocket

roughly chopped
400g spaghetti

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal552
fat13g
saturates2g
carbs81g
sugars9g
fibre4g
protein33g
salt1.16g

low

Method

step 1

Squeeze excess water from the tuna, place in a bowl with the spring onions and egg, then stir together. Use your hands to shape into small walnut-size balls – you should get about 12.
step 2

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan, tip the tuna balls in, then cook for 5-10 mins until golden all over. Pour over the tomato & chilli sauce, then cook for 5 mins more, adding a little boiling water if the sauce looks dry.
step 3

Meanwhile, boil the pasta, then drain. Stir through the sauce and most of the rocket. Serve in bowls with the tuna balls and a little extra rocket on top.

RECIPE TIPS

HOMEMADE SAUCE

Soften 1 chopped onion and 1 chopped red chilli in a little oil. Stir in 400ml passata with 3 tbsp tomato puree or ketchup, and bubble for a few mins.

USE UP THE ROCKET

In a food processor, whizz together the leftover rocket with 2 chopped anchovies, 1 crushed garlic clove, 1 tsp red wine vinegar and 2 tbsp olive oil. Delicious served alongside grilled lamb chops.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009

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