Sicilian Tuna Pasta

Sicilian Tuna Pasta

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Ingredients

  • 300 g dried pasta shells
  • 4 heaped teaspoons baby capers
  • 500 g ripe mixed-colour cherry tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano ideally the flowering kind
  • 1 × 220g jar of tuna in olive oil

Instructions

  • Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions.
  • Meanwhile, place a large non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
  • Add the capers, fry until super-crispy, then scoop out and put aside, leaving the fragrant oil behind.
  • Halve and add the tomatoes, then sprinkle in most of the oregano.
  • Drain and flake in the tuna, add 2 ladlefuls of pasta cooking water, and simmer until the pasta is done.
  • Drain the pasta, reserving a mugful of cooking water, then toss the pasta into the tuna pan, loosening with a splash of reserved cooking water, if needed.
  • Taste, season to perfection with sea salt and black pepper, then dish up.
  • Sprinkle over the crispy capers and the remaining oregano from a height, drizzle with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil, and tuck in.
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Course; Fish / Pasta
Cuisine; European / Italian