Spaghetti Puttanesca Extra Tuna Remix Recipes

TUNA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Place a large pot of water over high heat and bring up to a boil. Salt the water and cook penne to al dente.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet with 3 turns of the pan extra-virgin olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, cook a minute or 2, then add tuna and break it up with your spoon. Add olives and capers, cook a minute or 2 more, then add vermouth or white wine; stir and cook down a minute. If using whole tomatoes, place a colander over a bowl, crush up tomatoes with a wooden spoon, then add tomatoes and their juice to pan. Otherwise, stir in diced tomatoes and juice. Add parsley, zest and black pepper, then simmer the sauce a couple of minutes more.
• Add a couple of ladles of starchy pasta-cooking water to the sauce. Drain pasta, add to the skillet and toss to coat. Serve with some nice crusty bread.

BLOND PUTTANESCA (LINGUINE WITH TUNA, ARUGULA AND CAPERS)

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until it is just under al dente, about 7 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 1/2 cups of the pasta cooking water.
• While pasta cooks, make the sauce: Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add garlic and red-pepper flakes and cook until garlic is pale golden, about 1 minute. Add anchovies and capers and cook until anchovies have melted and capers begin to brown slightly, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Turn heat to medium. Ladle a 1/2 cup of reserved pasta water into the skillet and bring mixture to a simmer. Cook until mixture is reduced by about half, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add in arugula and ladle in an additional 1/2 cup of pasta water, tossing together until wilted. Increase heat to medium-high and scoop pasta directly in to the skillet tossing with sauce until well coated. Add tuna to pasta and toss again until it is just warmed just through, about 1 minute. Ladle in an additional 1/4 cup pasta water or more, to loosen up sauce and toss again. Sprinkle parsley over pasta and toss again. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve in bowls, with flaky salt, a squeeze of lemon, additional parsley and red-pepper flakes, if desired.

SPAGHETTI PUTTANESCA (EXTRA TUNA REMIX)

Steps:

• heat pan on low heat. mash both cloves garlic--wooden spoon, heel of hand, whatever--and separate into two equal portions.
• put anchovies and a few tablespoons of their packing oil in pan. take half the garlic and add to anchovies. add cayenne pepper. saute on low heat (hotter, and it'll make the garlic bitter) until anchovies are "dissolved" and garlic is fragrant.
• increase heat, and once pan begins to sizzle, add tuna. stir tuna into mixture, and coat bottom of pan. leave tuna without stirring until it begins to brown. add can olives, and liquid from can.
• add can tomatoes and liquid, add remaining garlic, and mix in well. add capers. add the thai fish sauce. (keeps the tuna from overpowering the anchovies without having to use the additional nutritional nightmare that is the rest of the anchovies.) reduce heat, stirring occasionally.
• in separate pot, boil a few cups of water seasoned with a few tablespoons salt. cook pasta until al dente. drain pasta in a colander.
• remove sauce from heat, pour into pasta pot. pour pasta back into pasta pot. stir.
• serve with garlic bread, caesar salad (good use for the rest of the anchovies), and ground black pepper to taste. will probably not need parmsesean cheese or salt. would be good with a red wine like a valpolicella.

TUNA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Place a large pot of water over high heat and bring up to a boil. Salt the water and cook penne to al dente.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet with 3 turns of the pan EVOO over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, cook a minute or 2, then add tuna and break it up with your spoon. Add olives and capers, cook a minute or 2 more, then add vermouth or white wine; stir and cook down a minute. If using whole tomatoes, place a colander over a bowl, crush up tomatoes with a wooden spoon, then add tomatoes and their juice to pan. Otherwise, stir in diced tomatoes and juice. Add parsley, zest and black pepper, then simmer the sauce a couple of minutes more.
• Add a couple of ladles of starchy pasta-cooking water to the sauce. Drain pasta, add to the skillet and toss to coat. Serve with some nice crusty bread.

TUNA PASTA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Cook the penne pasta until al dente.
• In the meantime, over medium heat in a large skillet heat the olive oil.
• Add the garlic and red pepper flakes.
• Cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add tuna and break it up with a spoon.
• Add olives and capers.and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
• Add white wine and cook down for another minute.
• Stir in diced tomatoes with their juice.
• Add the chopped parsley, lemon zest and black pepper.
• Cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Add a few ladles of the pasta cooking water to the pasta sauce.
• Drain pasta and add to the skillet.
• Toss to coat.