Tuna Niçoise pasta
- Published: 30 Nov 08
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
This quick and easy tuna Niçoise pasta recipe is also budget friendly.
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Serves 4
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Takes 10 minutes to make and 20 minutes to cook
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Ingredients
- 300g pappardelle or pasta shapes
- 100g green beans, trimmed
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 shallots, finely sliced
- 3 anchovy fillets, chopped
- 1 tbsp capers
- Handful pitted black olives
- 14 cherry tomatoes, halved
- Juice of ½ lemon.
- 2 x 200g cans good-quality tuna
- Handful chopped fresh parsley
- Garnish with hard-boiled eggs (optional), peeled and halved
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Method
- Cook pappardelle or pasta shapes of your choice in a saucepan of boiling salted water according to pack instructions. When the pasta has a few minutes left, add the green beans and cook until both are al dente.
- Drain, reserving 2 tbsp of the cooking water. In a bowl, mix the pasta and beans with 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil and the cooking water.
- Meanwhile, heat 3 tbsp olive oil in a small frying pan over a medium heat and gently fry the shallots, for 5 minutes.
- Add the anchovy, capers, rinsed, black olives, halved, and the cherry tomatoes, halved. Warm for 3-4 minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
- Drain the canned tuna, flake and stir into the pasta with the sauce and a handful chopped fresh parsley. Divide between bowls and garnish with hard-boiled eggs (optional), peeled and halved.
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- Recipe from December 2008 Issue
Nutrition
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 675kcals
- Fat
- 30.7g (5.4g saturated)
- Protein
- 43.6g
- Carbohydrates
- 60.1g (4g sugar)
- Salt
- 1.6g
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