Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Tomato and Tuna Pasta




Lourens de Lange
Tomato and Tuna Pasta

Ingredients
• 200g Penne pasta or any kind of pasta your prefer
• 1 medium size red onion, finely chopped...
• 1 can of chopped tomatoes
• 2 cans of tuna
• 2 hot chili peppers, with the seeds removed and chopped
• 1 lemon
• 1 handful of fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• ¼ teaspoons of salt

Instructions
1. Heat up one tablespoon of olive oil in a large non-stick pan and at low temperature fry the onion and the hot chili peppers for about 5 minutes, until they get soft.
2. Turn the heat up and get the tomatoes and the tuna in the pan. Season with a pinch of salt. Let the mix boil for about 20 minutes.
3. In the meantime boil the pasta in a pot as indicated on the package. When the pasta is cooked al dente get it out of the boiling water and in the pan with the tomato and tuna sauce.
4. Add to the mix 1 tablespoon of olive oil, a handful of chopped parsley leaves and the juice from half a lemon.
5. Mix everything together and turn the heat off.
6. It’s all done,