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🍝 Creative Pasta with Tuna Tomato Sauce

491 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 400 g Fusilli
• Salt
• 150 g Tuna (1 can)
• 1 Onion (depending on size)
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 2 Plum tomatoes
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tbsp Tomato paste
• Pepper (from the mill)
• 100 ml Vegetable broth
• 1 dried chili pepper (to taste) crushed
• 1 bunch Basil

Instructions

1. 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add some salt.
2. 2. Cook the pasta in this salted water until it is al dente (still firm to the bite).
3. 3. Drain the pasta and set it aside.
4. 4. Open the can of tuna and drain the water.
5. 5. Use two forks to break the tuna into coarse chunks.
6. 6. Peel the onions and the garlic.
7. 7. Finely chop the onions and the garlic.
8. 8. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes.
9. 9. Shock the tomatoes immediately with cold water.
10. 10. Peel the skin off the tomatoes.
11. 11. Cut the peeled tomatoes into small cubes.
12. 12. Heat oil in a frying pan.
13. 13. Sauté the chopped onions and garlic in the hot oil.
14. 14. Stir in the tomato paste and let it cook briefly.
15. 15. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
16. 16. Deglaze the pan with the broth.
17. 17. Add the diced tomatoes to the sauce.
18. 18. Bring the sauce to a boil.
19. 19. Season the sauce to taste with chili, salt, and pepper.
20. 20. Add the chunked tuna to the sauce.
21. 21. Let the tuna warm through in the sauce.
22. 22. Mix the drained pasta with the tuna sauce.
23. 23. Place the pasta on pre-warmed plates.
24. 24. Sprinkle the dish with fresh basil leaves.
25. 25. Serve the pasta immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 491
• Protein: 23 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 76 g