Tuna Niçoise pasta

Tuna Niçoise pasta

This quick and easy tuna Niçoise pasta recipe is also budget friendly.

Tuna Niçoise pasta

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Takes 10 minutes to make and 20 minutes to cook

This quick and easy tuna Niçoise pasta recipe is also budget friendly.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
675kcals
Fat
30.7g (5.4g saturated)
Protein
43.6g
Carbohydrates
60.1g (4g sugar)
Salt
1.6g

Ingredients

  • 300g pappardelle or pasta shapes
  • 100g green beans, trimmed
  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 shallots, finely sliced
  • 3 anchovy fillets, chopped
  • 1 tbsp capers
  • Handful pitted black olives
  • 14 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Juice of ½ lemon.
  • 2 x 200g cans good-quality tuna
  • Handful chopped fresh parsley
  • Garnish with hard-boiled eggs (optional), peeled and halved
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Method

  1. Cook pappardelle or pasta shapes of your choice in a saucepan of boiling salted water according to pack instructions. When the pasta has a few minutes left, add the green beans and cook until both are al dente.
  2. Drain, reserving 2 tbsp of the cooking water. In a bowl, mix the pasta and beans with 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil and the cooking water.
  3. Meanwhile, heat 3 tbsp olive oil in a small frying pan over a medium heat and gently fry the shallots, for 5 minutes.
  4. Add the anchovy, capers, rinsed, black olives, halved, and the cherry tomatoes, halved. Warm for 3-4 minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
  5. Drain the canned tuna, flake and stir into the pasta with the sauce and a handful chopped fresh parsley. Divide between bowls and garnish with hard-boiled eggs (optional), peeled and halved.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
675kcals
Fat
30.7g (5.4g saturated)
Protein
43.6g
Carbohydrates
60.1g (4g sugar)
Salt
1.6g

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