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Monday, September 12, 2011

One-Pot Pasta with Peas & Tuna


I go through phases with cooking, and generally the quickest and tastiest dishes are the ones that stick with my kitchen. So here is my latest recipe, which takes 15mins maximum, and is made from food that I always have in the cupboard and freezer.

One-Pot Pasta with Peas & Tuna
Serves 2 Israelis

Ingredients:
half a packet of pasta
1/3 - 1/2 bottle of tomato Passata
! clove of garlic, crushed (I use frozen pre-crushed garlic for extra speediness)
1 can of Tuna - 250g or medium sized can
Frozen peas, about 1/2 cup
Grated Parmesan (I buy freshly grated, and keep it in the freezer to keep it fresh)
Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
All the ingredients, with the pasta cooking away.
1. Cook pasta as per instructions.
2. Add frozen peas to the cooking pasta 1 minute before you take it off the stove. Put in the peas and wait for the water to boil again, then check the pasta is ready.
Adding the peas to the pasta pot, waiting for the water to boil again after its dose of ice.
3. Drain the pasta & Peas. Return to the pasta pot.
4. Add some olive oil
5. Return to low heat
The drained pasta and peas, with the olive oil added.
6. Add garlic, salt and pepper, and stir
7. Add Passata so that all the pasta is covered with red
Adding the Passata
8. Add can of tuna. Heat for 1 minute.
Adding the tuna
9. Ready to Serve! Sprinkle the parmesan over the top.
Finito!
If you are a chilli fan, add some chili flakes. Amit and are are chilli wooses so we don't do that.

Now I know that Tuna is an unsustainable fishing stock, so I suggest you only eat this occasionally, or substitute the Tuna for extra cheese! Most Tuna species are currently over-fished, except Skipjack. Or you can find some tinned salmon that has been approved from the Marine Stewardship Council.

Some more info on eating sustainable seafood:
Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide
Sustainable Fish guides for all over the world

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