Spiral Macaroni With Tuna And Capers Recipes

SPAGHETTI WITH TUNA AND CAPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of generously salted water until al dente. Reserve 1 1/2 cups pasta water; drain.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add tuna with its oil and garlic and cook, stirring a few times, until garlic is golden in spots, about 5 minutes. Stir in capers and pepper flakes and cook, 30 seconds. Add 1 cup reserved pasta water; bring to a simmer. Add cooked pasta and simmer, tossing a few times, until liquid is reduced to a sauce that coats pasta.
• Remove from heat and toss in lemon zest and juice, oil, and parsley; season with pepper. Add more pasta water, a few tablespoons at a time, until pasta is evenly coated. Serve, sprinkled with more pepper flakes.

SPIRAL MACARONI WITH TUNA AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Drain the oil from the tuna into a casserole or a deep-sided pan that will go on top of the stove. Add the garlic, place over medium heat and fry gently. When it starts to sizzle, add the tuna and break it up with a fork. Let cook just for a minute to warm the tuna through.
• Add tomatoes with their juice to the pan, breaking them up with a fork. Turn heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Approximately 5 minutes before sauce is done, bring 4 quarts of water to a rapid rolling boil. Add fusilli, stir with a long-handled wooden fork or spoon and boil as rapidly as possible until the fusilli are done.
• Just before the sauce is done, add capers and black olives, mixing well. Cook just long enough to heat thoroughly.
• Drain pasta and turn into a warm bowl. Dress with the sauce and sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately.

LINGUINE WITH TUNA, CAPERS, AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 1 cup pasta-cooking water, then drain pasta and return to pot.
• While pasta cooks, heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over high heat until hot but not smoking and cook onions and garlic with salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, until golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in tuna, capers, raisins, parsley, and reserved cooking water. Add tuna mixture to pasta, tossing to combine, and serve immediately.