Tuna Pasta With Lemon Cream Sauce Recipes

PASTA WITH TUNA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saute pan, heat oil over low heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is tender. Stir in capers, tomatoes, lemon juice, and parsley. Season with red pepper flakes to taste. Simmer gently for 3 minutes to thicken sauce. Fold in tuna, and heat through.
• While sauce is cooking, add pasta to a large pot of rapidly boiling water; cook till just tender. Drain well.
• Toss pasta with sauce, and serve.

GARLIC LEMON TUNA PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to package instructions until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta. Return to the pot to keep warm.
• In the wide pan, heat the olive oil at medium heat. Then add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in the tuna, lemon juice and zest, salt and pepper, and heat through for 1 minute.
• Add the pasta, capers and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, and continue to stir until the spaghetti is well coated. Add as much of the reserved pasta water as needed to thin out the sauce.
• Garnish with remaining parsley and serve warm.

TUNA AND LEMON PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 12 minutes; drain.
• Transfer spaghetti to a large bowl; add flaked tuna, feta cheese, red onion, dill, red pepper flakes, lemon zest, and lemon juice to the bowl and toss.

EASY CANNED TUNA PASTA

Steps:

• Boil a salted pot of water for your pasta and cook it al dente according to package directions. Prep your other ingredients while it cooks.
• When the pasta is close to being ready, add the oil to a small pan over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add the garlic and cook it for 30 seconds.
• Stir in the tuna, lemon juice, and parsley. Let it heat through.
• Once the pasta is done, add some of the pasta water (a couple tablespoons) to the sauce and then drain the pasta and toss with the sauce. Season with salt & pepper as needed. Optional: serve pasta with freshly grated parmesan cheese and lemon zest.

TUNA PASTA WITH LEMON CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook your pasta according to directions, drain and reserve 2 tablespoons of the cooking water.
• Return the pasta and cooking water to the saucepan and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add the flour.
• Cook, stirring for 30 seconds, then remmove from the heat.
• Slowly add the lemon juice, stirring and bring to the boil over medium heat.
• Allow to cool a little, then add the cream.
• Add the cream mixture, tuna, olives, capers, parsley, 3/4 of the lemon rind, and salt and pepper to the pasta.
• Toss over a low heat until well combined.
• Spoon into serving bowls and sprinkle with the remaining lemon rind.

PASTA WITH GARLIC, LEMON, CAPERS, AND TUNA

Steps:

• In a skillet large enough to hold the pasta, heat the oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the garlic, the red chile pepper flakes, and capers over medium heat until fragrant (but not browned), about 1 minute.
• Add the wine and bring to barely a simmer; cook for 1 minute.
• Add the tuna and salt to taste and sauté over low heat for 1 minute.
• Toss the tuna-caper mixture with the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons of minced garlic, the parsley, lemon zest, butter, cooked pasta, and as much of the reserved pasta cooking water as needed to form a creamy sauce that coats the pasta. Season with freshly ground black pepper and serve immediately.

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.