Farfalle With Tuna Tomatoes And Olives Recipes

PASTA WITH TUNA, TOMATOES, GARLIC, CAPERS, AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Cook pasta in large pot of rapidly boiling water until al dente or done to your liking.
• Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Place olive oil and the garlic in a large saute pan and turn heat to medium. Cook until the garlic is fragrant and lightly golden. Add capers, anchovies, olives, and tomatoes. Cook until the tomatoes start to break down and become a sauce, about 8 minutes. Toss with cooked pasta. Add parsley and tuna and season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

FARFALLE WITH TUNA, TOMATOES AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a in large saucepan of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add anchovies and reserved anchovy oil. Using fork, mash anchovies to coarse paste in skillet. Add tomatoes, Kalamata olives and basil and bring sauce to simmer.
• Drain pasta thoroughly. Mix pasta and tuna with its water into sauce. Toss to heat pasta through, breaking up tuna into large pieces with fork, about 3 minutes. Season pasta with salt and pepper and serve immediately.

PASTA WITH TUNA AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Begin heating a large pot of water for the pasta. In a large pasta bowl, break up the tuna. Heat the olive oil in a small frying pan or saucepan over medium heat and add the garlic. Cook, stirring, just until fragrant, and remove from the heat. Add to the tuna. Add the parsley or basil, and mix together.
• Add the tomato sauce to the pan, heat through and season to taste with salt and add pepper and the red pepper flakes if using. Stir in the olives.
• When the water for the pasta comes to a boil, add a generous tablespoon of salt and the pasta. Cook al dente, until firm to the bite, following the cooking instructions on the package but checking the pasta a minute or two before the indicated time. Remove 2 tablespoons of the cooking water and mix with the tuna.
• When the pasta is al dente, drain and transfer to the bowl with the tuna. Add the tomato sauce with the olives, toss everything together, and serve. Pass the Parmesan at the table.

FARFALLE WITH TUNA IN A BASIL LEMON DRESSING

Steps:

• Boil pasta in salted water.
• Mince garlic.
• Zest lemon to get one tablespoon zest. Juice the lemon. (About two tablespoons.).
• Shred basil into thin strips.
• Whisk together garlic, zest, lemon juice, olive oil in a large bowl and toss in tuna, breaking it up, add basil and tomatoes.
• Drain pasta well and add to bowl. Toss well.
• If pasta seems dry, add either a little pasta cooking water or more olive oil.
• Serve warm, or room temperature.

BUFFET FARFALLE WITH TUNA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Bring four quarts of salted water to a boil, add the farfalle and cook about eight minutes, until just tender. Drain well, rinse under cold water, drain again and toss with two tablespoons of the oil. Set aside.
• Heat the remaining oil in a heavy skillet, add the onion and fennel and saute until translucent. Stir in the garlic, cook another minute, then add the tomatoes, cook five minutes more and remove from the heat. Add the parsley, capers and olives. Pour over the farfalle and fold in.
• Drain the tuna, reserving the oil. Flake the tuna and fold it into the farfalle mixture. Add the vinegar, fold again, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Add as much of the oil from the tuna as desired. Serve at room temperature.

TUNA AND FARFALLE PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Bring saucepan of salted water to boil. Pour oil in large skillet; place over medium heat. Add garlic and onions; saute until onions are translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente, about 11 minutes. Add tomatoes, juice, capers, rosemary, and olives to onions; add salt and pepper to taste. Raise the heat to medium high, and cook until tomatoes are heated through, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain pasta; transfer to large serving bowl. Add sauce, tuna, and parsley; toss gently to combine.

FARFALLE WITH TUNA, TOMATOES, AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water until al dente. Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a heavy, large skillet over medium-high heat. Add anchovies and reserved anchovy oil. Using fork, mash to coarse paste in skillet. Add tomatoes, olives, and basil, and bring to a simmer. Drain pasta thoroughly. Mix pasta and tuna with its water into sauce. Toss to heat pasta through, breaking up tuna into large pieces with fork, about 3 minutes. Season pasta with salt and pepper and serve immediately.