Tomato and tuna spaghetti

 

This is an absolutely delicious and easy dish, It's made with mainly store cupboard ingredients and comes together  very quickly so perfect for an after work dinner. The one thing I must say is it is so much better if you use the no drain tuna in tins you really need the chunks to make it extra tasty but if it's beyond your budget tuna chunks are fine too. 

I think some of the other ingredients the sundried tomato paste and the pesto although not mega expensive you only need a couple of teaspoons or so of each and they keep well in the fridge so it really is an economical dish. 

You can use either passata or canned chopped tomatoes depending if you like a smooth sauce or one with more texture both are fine and of course I used spaghetti but any pasta will be lovely with this sauce. 

Tomato and tuna spaghetti 

400g dried spaghetti

2 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil 

2 x tins of no drain tuna (or chunks see above)

1 red onion (finely diced) 

2 cloves garlic (finely chopped or use paste) 

1 carton passata or 1 tin chopped tomatoes 

1 tbsp sun dried tomato paste

2 tsp pesto 

salt and pepper 

Pour the oil into a large pan or wok and over a medium heat add the red onion and fry until softened, Add the garlic and fry gently for a few more minutes then add the sun dried tomato paste and the pesto.  Stir well and add the passata or tinned tomatoes and rinse out the can with a little water and add that too. Simmer until thickened. 

Meanwhile cook the spaghetti according to the packet, Drain the spaghetti but save some of the pasta water in a cup (I put a cup in the colander to remind me). 

Add the spaghetti to the pan with the tomato mixture in it and then add the tuna and mix everything together very gently. Add the pasta water a bit at a time to make the sauce then taste and season to taste with salt and pepper if needed. 

Serves 4