EASY, QUICK PASTA SAUCE ITALIAN STYLE

This Tuna sauce recipe is one of my favourite authentic Italian sauces and it’s a time saver too! Just 30 minutes and you’re eating a dish of delicious pasta like you do at restaurants.

If you have friends for dinner be prepared to give them the recipe, because they will surely ask you for it!

You can use every kind of pasta put I prefer using spaghetti, my favourites.

Tuna sauce for pasta

Difficulty: easy
Preparation: 5 minutes  Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients:

• 1/4 medium onion finely chopped (≈ 8 cm / 3′ Ø)
• 2 full tsp vinegar-brined capers finely chopped, well-drained (if you have salt-packed capers soak them in cool water for about 15 minutes rinsing them in several changes of water or they will be too salty)
• 150 gr / 5 oz good quality tuna canned in olive oil, drained
• 1 1/2 tbsp tomato paste or tomato purè
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 3/4 cup water
• salt to taste

Instructions:

Put olive oil in a saucepan, add onion and capers and sauté for 1 minute.
Dissolve tomato paste in the water then add to the saucepan.
Add tuna, salt to your taste and cook for about 30 minutes, until water has evaporated.

Before the sauce is finished, cook your favourite pasta “al dente”. If you don’t know how to cook pasta read my instructions here.

In a warm bowl mix cooked pasta with 1/2 tuna sauce. Serve pasta on a serving plate and put the remain sauce over.

Done! As simple as is!

So, enjoy your favourite shape of pasta with this awesome authentic Italian Tuna Sauce and a good glass of white wine! What shape of pasta would you like to use with this recipe?

Tuna Sauce for Pasta with Capers

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

Authentic Italian Tuna sauce with Capers, a time saver and delicious recipe like those you eat in fine restaurants.

Author: Ilaria's Perfect Recipes

Cuisine: Italian

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• ¼ medium onion finely chopped (≈ 8 cm / 3' Ø)
• 2 full tsp vinegar-brined capers finely chopped, well-drained (if you have salt-packed capers soak them in cool water for about 15 minutes rinsing them in several changes of water or they will be too salty)
• 150 gr / 5 oz good quality tuna canned in olive oil, drained
• 1½ tbsp tomato paste or tomato purè
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• ¾ cup water
• salt to taste

Instructions

1. Put olive oil in a saucepan, add onion and capers and sauté for 1 minute.
2. Dissolve tomato paste in the water then add to the saucepan.
3. Add tuna, salt to your taste and cook for about 30 minutes, until water has evaporated.
4. Before the sauce is finished, cook your favourite pasta "al dente".
5. In a warm bowl mix cooked pasta with ½ tuna sauce.
6. Serve pasta on a serving plate and put the remain sauce over.

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