Tagliatelle with Tuna, Lemon & Rocket

This Tuna, Rocket and Lemon speedy pasta sauce is super quick and easy to pre prepare for a mid week meal. Make your sauce while your pasta is cooking. Serve it with tagliatelle to become a family favorite recipe

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Tagliatelle with Tuna, Lemon & Rocket Yum

Course

Main Dish

Cuisine

British, Fish, Healthy, Italian, Pasta

Keyword

Pasta, tagliatelle, tuna

Prep Time

5 Minutes

Cook Time

15 Minutes

Servings

Servings

Ingredients

• 300 g dried tagliatelle
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil plus extra for drizzling
• 1 Garlic clove finely chopped
• 2 tins tuna drained
• 150 g cherry tomatoes halved
• a handful of rocket plus a little extra to garnish
• grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
• Pinch of dried chilli flakes

Course Main Dish Cuisine British, Fish, Healthy, Italian, Pasta Keyword Pasta, tagliatelle, tuna Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 15 Minutes Servings Servings Ingredients 300 g dried tagliatelle 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil plus extra for drizzling 1 Garlic clove finely chopped 2 tins tuna drained 150 g cherry tomatoes halved a handful of rocket plus a little extra to garnish grated zest and juice of 1 lemon Pinch of dried chilli flakes

Instructions

1. Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water until al dente. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in another large pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute and add the chilli flakes and tomatoes and cook for a further minute
2. Put the drained tuna in a bowl. Lightly mash with a fork and add to the garlic in the pan, then add the rocket. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and stir in the lemon zest and juice.
3. Drain the pasta and add to the tuna mixture. Mix well together and serve immediately, drizzled with a little extra virgin olive oil and garnished with extra rocket.