Indulge in a symphony of flavors with this versatile pasta sauce that marries the ocean's bounty with the essence of the Mediterranean. The star of the show, tuna, pairs harmoniously with briny capers and plump olives, while a medley of aromatic herbs and zesty lemon juice elevates the dish to a culinary masterpiece. Whether you're a seafood enthusiast, a lover of tangy and savory flavors, or simply seeking a quick and delectable meal, this tuna, caper, and olive pasta sauce has something for every palate. From a classic spaghetti rendition to a delightful twist with penne or the elegance of linguine, this adaptable sauce promises a culinary journey that will leave you craving more.
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TUNA LINGUINE WITH TOMATOES, OLIVES & CAPERS RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: salt, linguine, olive oil, garlic, red chili flakes, dried oregano, caper, kalamata olive, tomato paste, diced tomato, tuna
Provided by Kiano Moju
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to package instructions. Drain.
- Add the olive oil, garlic, and chile flakes to a large sauté pan. Turn the heat to medium-low and slowly heat up until the garlic is fragrant and lightly colored, about 3 minutes.
- Add the oregano, capers, olives, tomato paste, and diced tomatoes. Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the tuna and cook for another minute.
- Toss in the cooked pasta.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 378 calories, Carbohydrate 52 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 17 grams, Sugar 6 grams
SPAGHETTI WITH TUNA AND CAPERS
With a few simple ingredients, you can have a delicious meal! My husband came up with this recipe while we are on "stay at home" orders due to the Coronavirus pandemic. It was quick, easy, and delicious!
Provided by Kim's Cooking Now
Time 25m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add onion and cook until beginning to caramelize, about 10 minutes. Add tuna with oil, capers, and crushed red pepper flakes; heat through.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water for 1 minute less than the package instructs, about 10 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the starchy pasta water.
- Add the cooked pasta to the pan and mix to combine. Add some of the pasta water and toss lightly until the pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, 1 to 2 more minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 698.4 calories, Carbohydrate 88.5 g, Cholesterol 37.5 mg, Fat 23.6 g, Fiber 4.5 g, Protein 31.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 448.8 mg, Sugar 4.6 g
SPAGHETTI WITH TUNA AND CAPER SAUCE
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 9
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.
PASTA SAUCE WITH TUNA, CAPERS AND OLIVES
I was hungry, and this was in the pantry. I was well pleased with the results. This is healthy, light and easy. I would have added 1 T of fresh basil and/or oregano if it had been on hand. Be careful to just heat the tuna, not to cook it or the texture will become tough. I used Kirkland solid white tuna (my favorite) but would have used Italian solid light tuna or tonno packed in olive oil if I had had it
Provided by Momma Dukes
Categories Vegetable
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- While water and pasta is boiling.
- Chop onion and garlic and sautee with olive oil in sauce pan until translucent.
- Add tomatos, sugar, with salt, pepper and pepper flakes to taste.
- Bring to a boil then simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add Capers and Olives simmer for 5 minutes more.
- Flake the tuna then add to the sauce and simmer until heated through.
- Serve over pasta with parmesean cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 653.5, Fat 11.5, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 32.3, Sodium 302.8, Carbohydrate 99.6, Fiber 7, Sugar 12.4, Protein 37
PASTA WITH TUNA, TOMATOES, GARLIC, CAPERS, AND OLIVES
Steps:
- Cook pasta in large pot of rapidly boiling water until al dente or done to your liking.
- Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Place olive oil and the garlic in a large saute pan and turn heat to medium. Cook until the garlic is fragrant and lightly golden. Add capers, anchovies, olives, and tomatoes. Cook until the tomatoes start to break down and become a sauce, about 8 minutes. Toss with cooked pasta. Add parsley and tuna and season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
BOWS WITH TUNA, OLIVES & CAPERS
This delicious pasta recipe makes a quick and simple supper
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Supper
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cook pasta following pack instructions. Drain, reserving a few tablespoons of water in the bottom of the pan.
- Return the pasta to the pan over a low heat, stir in the olive oil and garlic and allow to infuse for 1 min. Toss through the remaining ingredients, season and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 677 calories, Fat 28 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 76 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 35 grams protein, Sodium 2.36 milligram of sodium
PASTA WITH TUNA AND OLIVES
If you want to make a complete meal of this, you can add a green vegetable to the mix (see the variation below). I like to use fusilli because I like the way the tuna gets lodged in the twists of the corkscrews, but other types of pasta, such as penne or spaghetti, will be just fine.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Begin heating a large pot of water for the pasta. In a large pasta bowl, break up the tuna. Heat the olive oil in a small frying pan or saucepan over medium heat and add the garlic. Cook, stirring, just until fragrant, and remove from the heat. Add to the tuna. Add the parsley or basil, and mix together.
- Add the tomato sauce to the pan, heat through and season to taste with salt and add pepper and the red pepper flakes if using. Stir in the olives.
- When the water for the pasta comes to a boil, add a generous tablespoon of salt and the pasta. Cook al dente, until firm to the bite, following the cooking instructions on the package but checking the pasta a minute or two before the indicated time. Remove 2 tablespoons of the cooking water and mix with the tuna.
- When the pasta is al dente, drain and transfer to the bowl with the tuna. Add the tomato sauce with the olives, toss everything together, and serve. Pass the Parmesan at the table.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 499, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 70 grams, Fat 13 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 25 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 575 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams
FETTUCCINE WITH PRESERVED TUNA, CAPERS, AND OLIVES
Steps:
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook just until al dente, about 7 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a wide, deep sauté pan set over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until golden-brown, about 2 minutes. Add the anchovies and cook for 2 minutes more. Stir in the tomato puree and capers.
- Reserve 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid, then strain the pasta. Stir the olives and tuna into the sauce, then gradually stir in the reserved pasta water until the sauce attains a pleasing consistency. Add the hot pasta and toss. Season with pepper and toss again.
- To serve, divide the hot pasta among individual warmed bowls, topping each serving with some chopped parsley.
- Flavor Building
- Add 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary to the sauce along with the black pepper.
TUNA, LEMON, AND CAPER SAUCE
Steps:
- Place tuna in pasta serving bowl and break it into large bite-size pieces. Add garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, and capers and stir gently to combine. Set aside to warm to room temperature, or preferably, place the bowl (be sure it's heatproof) over the pasta pot to warm the ingredients while heating the water. Once the water comes to a boil, remove bowl and set aside.
- Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain pasta well and immediately add to sauce in bowl. Sprinkle with parsley and toss. Serve at once with Parmesan cheese. Pass the pepper mill.
- Recommended pasta: 8 ounces penne rigate, medium shells (conchiglie rigate), rigatoni, or linguine.
PASTA WITH TUNA, CAPERS AND SCALLIONS
There are about a gazillion ways to cook pasta using other pantry staples - things like garlic, bread crumbs, pecorino, capers, olives and especially, canned fish. This recipe, pasta with tuna, anchovies and capers, showered with lots of green herbs and scallions, is one of my family's household favorites. I like it with a long, thin, twirlable pasta - spaghetti, linguine or bucatini - but you can use whatever pasta you have on hand. Even macaroni works just fine and might even persuade your finicky kid to eat this dish (though, so far, mine abstains).
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories dinner, pastas, main course
Time 30m
Yield 3 to 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a well-salted pot of boiling water, cook pasta according to package directions until al dente. Drain, saving 1 cup pasta water.
- In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium. Add garlic and scallion whites, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add anchovies and capers and cook until anchovies melt and capers and garlic turn golden, 2 to 3 minutes longer. Add 1/2 cup pasta water, let it reduce until there is just a little left in the pan, then add pasta and herbs and toss well to coat. Add tuna and toss well.
- Serve with red-pepper flakes on top, more herbs, scallion greens, and a drizzle of olive oil. Serve with lemon wedges on the side for squeezing.
Tips:
- Use high-quality tuna packed in olive oil. This will give your sauce a richer flavor. - If you don't have capers, you can substitute chopped green olives or cornichons. - If you don't have olives, you can substitute chopped sun-dried tomatoes or roasted red peppers. - To make a vegetarian version of this sauce, omit the tuna and add more vegetables, such as chopped mushrooms, zucchini, or eggplant. - Serve this sauce over your favorite pasta, such as spaghetti, penne, or linguine. - You can also use this sauce as a topping for pizza or bruschetta.Conclusion:
This pasta sauce with tuna, capers, and olives is a quick and easy meal that's perfect for a weeknight dinner. It's also a great way to use up leftover tuna. The briny capers and olives add a salty, savory flavor to the sauce, while the tuna provides a protein boost. This sauce is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
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