A traditional classic with an extra touch to amaze your guests
Tuna pasta has always been considered the perfect dinner-saving dish among those of the Mediterranean tradition. Appreciated by both adults and children for the extreme ease in preparation in the face of a taste and a mix of irresistible flavors worthy of much more noble dishes.
There are many tuna sauces, from those with simpler recipes to gourmet tuna pasta such as the one with Sicilian fennel.
In this article we will present the best recipes of pasta with gourmet tuna, white and tomato sauce demonstrating that even the most traditional recipes can be reinvented with the addition of some secret touches that will amaze our guests and make them worthy of a real chef.
Ingredients of gourmet tuna pasta with tomato sauce
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Ingredients for 4 people:
- 400 g pasta (rigatoni, fusilli or penne)
- 200 g fresh tuna
- 200 g tomato puree
- 300 g cherry tomatoes
- 4 anchovies in oil
- 40 g desalted capers
- 60 g pitted black olives
- 2 cloves of garlic
- basil to taste
- chopped chilli pepper to taste
- extra virgin olive oil to taste
- parsley to taste
- salt to taste
How to prepare gourmet tuna pasta with tomato sauce
After choosing your favorite pasta format, you can start preparing the gourmet tuna pasta with tomato sauce by heating a couple of tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat in a non-stick pan that has a certain thickness, since you will need to add the tomato puree later.
Proceed by browning the garlic and anchovies until they have melted. At this point add both the chilli and the desalted capers.
Proceed by cutting the cherry tomatoes in half and adding them to the pan. It will be necessary to brown them just a couple of minutes before adding the tomato puree and stir and lower the heat.
Wait 6-7 minutes in which we will take care of cutting the tuna into cubes of about one centimeter. After the time has elapsed, add the olives and pieces of tuna and continue cooking for another 3-5 minutes until the tuna is cooked.
It is essential that the tuna is added at the end of cooking because otherwise it will dry out too much.
Then perfume with basil and parsley.
After adding the tuna while the sauce continues its cooking, cook the pasta in boiling salted water. Once drained, add it to the pan and stir to mix well all the ingredients and flavors. Add if you like further basil and parsley and the dish is ready to be served hot on the table.
Ingredients of gourmet tuna pasta in white
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Ingredients for 4 people:
- 400 g pasta (long format, possibly spaghetti)
- 300 g fresh tuna
- 1/2 Tropea onion
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- fresh mint to taste
- black pepper to taste
- salt to taste
How to prepare gourmet tuna pasta in white with fresh mint and lemon juice
For the preparation of gourmet tuna pasta in white we recommend the use of Tropea red onion, rich in taste and beneficial nutritional properties and a pasta format with organic and wholemeal flours.
Start by slicing theonion very thinly and after pouring a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into a non-stick pan with a wide bottom, put it to fry over low heat.
It will take 3-4 minutes during which you can dedicate yourself to slicing the tuna into small cubes of about one centimeter in diameter, to be added and browned in a pan when the onion is well wilted.
When the tuna has taken color add the juice of half a lemon, salt and mint well chopped. Stir quickly to mix everything well and remove the pan from the heat.
Cook thepasta and when there are 3-4 minutes from the end of cooking, transfer it to the pan with a little cooking water, turn on the heat and stir until it is ready.
If you like, you can add fresh mint and a splash of black pepper to the plating.
Ingredients of gourmet tuna pasta in white and eggplant
Preparation time: 30 minutes.
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
- 400 g pasta
- 400 g eggplant
- 250 g tuna fillet
- 75 g red onion
- 30 g pine nuts
- 1 clove of garlic
- salt to taste
- extra virgin olive oil to taste
How to prepare gourmet tuna pasta in white and eggplant
This recipe is a reinterpretation that will be appreciated by all lovers of sauces and condiments more delicious and sought after being a reinterpretation of the famous pasta alla norma.
To prepare the gourmet tuna pasta in white and with eggplant you must first wash and dry the aubergines that will be cut into slices and then into cubes. They need to be purged and lose their typical bitter subtaste by sprinkling them with coarse salt.
Wait at least 30 minutes and then rinse and dab them well before using them in the recipe, so that they lose the salt deposited on the surface, or with the subsequent addition of the salt of the sauce they would be too tasty.
Crush the clove of garlic, chop the onion with a knife and dice the tuna. Boil the dough add 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large non-stick pan and fry the garlic and onion and finally the pine nuts that will have to toast a couple of minutes.
Add the diced tuna and aubergines and after removing the garlic cook for 10 minutes.
Drain the pasta, add the parsley and serve while it is still hot.
