Spaghetti With Tuna And Anchovies Recipes

PASTA WITH TUNA, CAPERS AND SCALLIONS

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.

GENNARO'S SIMPLE TUNA BUCATINI

Steps:

• Cook the bucatini in a large pan of boiling salted water until al dente. Meanwhile, finely slice the garlic and chilli, then roughly chop the anchovies and tomatoes. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil (use the oil from the tin of tuna for added flavour, if you can) in a frying pan over a medium heat, then add the garlic, chilli, anchovies and capers. Fry for 2 minutes, then add the tomatoes and toss well.
• Reserving some of the cooking water, drain the bucatini and add to the sauce. Toss well over the heat until lovely and glossy, adding a splash of the cooking water to loosen, if needed. Flake in the tuna, then add some lemon juice and most of the rocket. Toss well to warm the tuna through and wilt the rocket, then season carefully with salt and more lemon juice. Serve with a drizzle of oil, and a scattering of the reserved rocket.

TUNA SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.
• Heat up the oil in a pan, then chop the garlic and achovy fillets and add them to the pan.
• Cook the garlic and anchovy for about 30 seconds, the anchovy will completely melt away.
• Chop the cherry tomatoes, and add them to the pan together with the capers. Leave to cook until the tomatoes will become mushy, that should not take longer than 4-5 minutes.
• Toss in the pasta, lemon juice, flaked tuna, Italian herbs and parsley, give it a good stir, and remove from the heat.
• Serve hot!

SPAGHETTI WITH TUNA AND CAPERS

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.

SPAGHETTI WITH TUNA AND ANCHOVIES

Steps:

• If using fresh tomatoes, start by covering them with boiling water, leaving for 30 seconds, then draining and peeling.
• Remove the core, quarter the tomatoes, scrape away the seeds and coarsely chop.
• If using canned tomatoes, strain them.
• Heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the garlic gently, stirring until golden.
• Add the tomatoes, stir well, and leave to simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, drain the tuna and flake into pieces.
• Drain the anchovies as well and chop.
• Slice the flesh off the olives and also chop.
• Add the tuna, anchovies, capers and olives to the pan, and season well with pepper.
• Check to see if you need salt.
• The anchovies are very salty so you may not.
• Stir and allow all ingredients to heat through, then stir in the parsley and dried chilli flakes, to taste.
• Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti according to the packet directions.
• Drain, turn into a serving dish, pour over the sauce and mix thoroughly.

AMALFI LEMON, CHILLI & ANCHOVY SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a low heat and fry the garlic for 2-3 mins, or until just turning golden at the edges. Remove from the heat and leave for 15 mins for the garlic to infuse in the oil.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions until al dente. Drain, reserving 150ml of the cooking water. Remove the garlic from the infused oil, then tip in the cooked spaghetti, the chillies, anchovies, parsley, lemon zest and juice, and the parmesan. Add 50ml of the reserved water and toss with tongs until combined. Add a little more water to loosen, if you like. Season. Divide between four shallow bowls.

PASTA PUTTANESCA

Steps:

• Cook the spaghetti al dente (it should have a bite to it) in a small amount of well-salted water. Reserve about a ½ cup of the pasta cooking water (!).
• Prepare the ingredients: finely chop the garlic (do not use a garlic press), roughly chop the anchovies, drain and rinse the capers, and cut the olives in half.
• Heat the olive oil and butter in a large frying pan, add the garlic, chili flakes, and anchovies, cook over medium-low heat, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Add the olives, capers, crushed tomatoes/passata, and pasta cooking water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cook for 15 minutes (stirring from time to time) until the sauce is thickened. After this time, season the sauce lightly with salt and pepper. Be careful with adding salt, because anchovies, olives, and capers are already salty. Take the pan off the heat.
• Add the cooked pasta to the pan, toss with the sauce.
• Sprinkle with chopped parsley, grated parmesan, and serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

SPAGHETTI WITH TUNA, TOMATOES, CAPERS, AND BASIL

Steps:

• Gently mix first 6 ingredients in large bowl. Season tuna-tomato mixture to taste with salt and pepper. Let stand 1 hour at room temperature.
• Cook spaghetti in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain; return to pot. Add tuna-tomato mixture and basil. Toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl and serve.