Tuna Puttanesca Recipes

LINGUINE WITH TUNA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the linguine and cook until al dente.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper and cook, stirring, until slightly toasted, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the capers and olives and fry 2 more minutes. Crush the tomatoes into the skillet with your hands and reserve the juices. Cook until the tomatoes are slightly dry, about 2 minutes. Add the reserved tomato juices, the basil, and salt to taste and cook until the sauce thickens, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tuna with its oil, breaking it up with a fork, and season with salt.
• Drain the pasta, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water, and return it to the pot. Add the sauce and the reserved cooking water and toss. Season with black pepper and garnish with more basil.

PUTTANESCA WITH TUNA POLPETTE AND PENNE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add pasta and cook to al dente. Drain and keep warm.
• Heat extra-virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add anchovies and stir into oil until melted. Add the garlic, turn heat to low and saute for a couple of minutes. Stir in the tomatoes crushing them up, then stir in stock. Season with a little black pepper, add capers and olives and simmer a few minutes.
• While sauce simmers, cut tuna into chunks and grind in food processor into coarse mixture. Pulse in the egg, bread crumbs and parsley and season with a little salt and black pepper. Remove tuna mixture from the processor to a bowl and add a drizzle of olive oil. Stir to combine. (Adding the oil will prevent mixture from sticking to your hands as you roll the balls.) Roll the tuna into small balls and drop into the sauce. Cover the pot and simmer the tuna balls in the sauce, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Place the pasta into a serving bowl. Add the tuna and sauce, toss to coat and garnish with shredded basil.

TUNA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Cook 4 sliced garlic cloves and a pinch of red pepper flakes in a skillet with 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat, 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons capers and 1/2 cup chopped kalamata olives and cook 2 minutes. Drain a 28-ounce can plum tomatoes (reserve the juice); crush into the skillet and cook 2 minutes. Add the tomato juice, some torn basil, and salt and cook until thickened, 2 minutes. Add a 5-ounce can oil-packed tuna. Toss with 12 ounces cooked orecchiette; season with pepper and top with basil.

TUNA ALLA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions. Set aside. Place oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onions and saute for about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and juice, wine, capers, rosemary, olives and pepper to onions. Simmer for 5 minutes. Raise heat to medium and cook another 3 minutes until sauce thickens slightly. Add salt to taste. Combine tuna, sauce and parsley with pasta.;

SPICY TUNA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup pasta water.
• While pasta cooks, heat olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Once oil is shimmering, add onion, Kalamata olives, capers, anchovies, and garlic. Cook and stir until onions are soft, about 5 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes, white wine, and red pepper flakes. Stir to incorporate.
• Nestle the tuna steaks into the sauce, cover, and cook until the tuna flakes easily, about 10 minutes. If sauce is too thick, add in the reserved pasta water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Add in the Italian seasoning.
• Serve tuna and sauce on top of cooked pasta. Garnish with basil if desired.

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.

SPAGHETTI PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a non-stick pan over a medium-low heat. Add the onion along with a generous pinch of salt and fry for 10 mins, or until soft. Add the garlic and chilli, if using, and cook for a further minute.
• Stir the tomatoes, anchovies, olives and capers into the onion, bring to a gentle simmer and cook, uncovered, for 15 mins. Season to taste.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Cook the spaghetti following pack instructions, then drain and toss with the sauce and parsley.

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.